Question About Heading Tags

[MaiaKatich]

We all know there are several heading tags we may use on a web page "<h1> to <h6>". My questions:

"Is it must to use h1 tag at the very top and h6 tag at the bottom or we may use any tag anywhere on the page?"

WHAT IS THE BEST PRACTICE? DOES THIS ORDER MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF SEO?

[LMD]

You'd have to search it out, but I'm pretty sure it's been posted in this forum and elsewhere that the order of "H" tags have a specific following and use. What recall hearing is that an H1 may have more importance to a page than the other heading tags. That "importance" over an H2, might be minuscule - who knows. I've not tested duplicate pages with, or without using an H1 tag, however.

That being said, if there is a value to it's usage, it doesn't mean you should be using H1 tags all up and down a web page as it "might" be construed by the SE's to be a potential negative thing.

I can't prove or validate what I've stated above, but it's at least been purported by many, to be so.