HTML Blockquote Tag Explained

You can use the blockquote tag to include quotes in your HTML in a SEO friendly and accessible way. You can also use the cite tag to provide citations for the quote.

Read the Usage section

Usage

<figure>
	<blockquote>This blog is awesome, Gotta leave an awesome comment</blockquote>
	<figcaption>
		<cite>- Everybody</cite>
	</figcaption>
</figure>

You can also provide a URL for the citation using the cite attribute of the blockquote tag. This will help search engines in indexing your content and linking citations directly.

<figure>
	<blockquote cite="https://raqueeb.com/blog/2023/07/17/html-blockquote-tag-explained/">
		This blog is awesome, Gotta leave an awesome comment
	</blockquote>
</figure>

Note that it has no visual effect, it’s completely a semantic thing to provide a cite URL so that search engines can work better with your content.

Read the Styling section

Styling

You can style blockquote tags just like any other tag

<figure>
	<blockquote
		style="padding:.75rem; background-color: #ddd; border-radius: 0 .5rem .5rem 0; border-left: 4px solid maroon"
	>
		This blog is awesome, Gotta leave an awesome comment
	</blockquote>
</figure>

Read the Difference b/w blockquote tag and q tag section

Difference b/w blockquote tag and q tag

<figure>
	<blockquote
		style="padding:.75rem; background-color: #ddd; border-radius: 0 .5rem .5rem 0; border-left: 4px solid maroon"
	>
		This blog is awesome, Gotta leave an awesome comment
	</blockquote>
</figure>
<p>Everybody said <q>This blog is the most awesome blog I have ever read</q>.</p>

The blockquote tag is used to incorporate large quotes that are not inline with other content, whereas the q tag can be used to include and mark inline quotes.

Read the Benefits of using blockquote tag over other tags for quotes section

Benefits of using blockquote tag over other tags for quotes

By using the blockquote tag with the cite attribute or the cite tag gives more semantic meaning to the content on your website which makes it easier for robots like search engines and screen readers to understand your content, which leads to better SEO and Accessibility.

Read the Conclusion section

Conclusion

There it is the blockquote tag, it’s a simple one as it has a clearly defined use-case. You want to include a large quote in your website? Then use the blockquote tag.

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