---
title: Semantics of Article Headline and Byline
date: 2009-12-15T00:24:36+00:00
modified: 2009-12-15T00:24:36+00:00
permalink: https://kaspars.net/blog/semantics-of-article-headline-and-byline
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author:
  name: Kaspars
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category:
  - Development
post_tag:
  - Semantics
---

# Semantics of Article Headline and Byline

Can you think of any reason why placing article credits before the headline, like this:

```
<p>August 18, 2009 by Author Name</p>
<h1>Title of the Post</h1>
<p>Post body goes here.</p>
```

is semantically worse than moving credits after the title:

```
<h1>Title of the Post</h1>
<p>August 18, 2009 by Author Name</p>
<p>Post body goes here.</p>
```