What are semantic tags in HTML?

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Semantic tags clearly define the purpose of the HTML element. It also describes the type of content that the element should contain.

For example, <header>, <footer>, <article> are considered semantic elements as they clearly describe their purpose and the type of content they should enclose.

New HTML5 semantic tags to structure the document in a meaningful way are:

<header>
<nav>
<article>
<section>
<aside>
<footer>

Semantic tags also help search engines to parse the webpage correctly and find accurate information. Thus, helping search engines to correctly index the page.