: Does using HTML list markup in a blog post have advantages to using a paragraph with a dash at the beginning? Inside the text of a blog post, I have a paragraph where I highlight some points.

@BetL925

There are some advantages:


A list looks better.


It doesn't have to have extra space between each line.
The bullet can be customized using CSS

It works better for users. When it is copied and pasted, the bullets are not part of the text, but rather part of the formatting


I enable markdown in my blog. That seems the best of both worlds. I get to compose in a format that is simple, but lists automatically get converted from dashed paragraphs to actual lists.

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@Sarah324

There's no harm in using lists in articles or any text content for that matter. First of all, when you are writing anything, stop worrying about search engines, Try to think what a user would find better i.e. you need to have a user-first approach. So, if a list can make it easy for a user to consume the information then use it!

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