Use of H1 vs. H2 tags

catman · 07-24-2007, 10:58 PM

Hi, I've heard some debate about what was best to use for SEO and your main title tags for keywords. Does Google really ignore H1 tags or is this a rumor?

Red devil · 07-24-2007, 11:12 PM

as per my experience nopes...H1 tags are important and G does not ignore it provided of course it is used appropriately..should be similar to your meta title and relevant to your site/page content..stuff like that.

i think there is a similar thread runnin sumwhere which u can refer too..

cessai · 07-25-2007, 01:22 AM

H1 are still important

sleepyhead · 07-25-2007, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by cessai

H1 are still important

agreed..

Mihai · 07-25-2007, 08:40 AM

H1, H2 and H3 tags are highly recommended to be used. Still, do not go on the other side, using them too much which would probably look as keyword spamming all over your website.

Use these with reason and they will do their job just perfectly in the SERPs.

Johan007 · 07-25-2007, 08:48 AM

Headings have very little to do with SEO. Try and use headings to structure your content into logical groupings by following a method outlined in the W3C guidelines on headings.

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Originally Posted by Mihai

...using them too much which would probably look as keyword spamming all over your website.

No chance of that. Use headings where you can to split logical groupings of text up no matter how big the page is. Blind users can often skip headings to access relevant content more quickly.

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Originally Posted by cessai

H1 are still important

Yeah it is the second most impotent weight baring tag unless you use H1 as your logo and in that case Google may use <h2> but it will not effect SERPS much. So you don't need to worry about headings from a SEO point of view simply use headings to structure your content using W3C http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#h-7.5.5

zagu060807 · 07-25-2007, 09:09 AM

header tags are still important, because it emphasizes your keywords, allowing the spiders to see the keywords in your content.

peterko · 07-25-2007, 10:47 AM

Headings are still important, especially <H1>. That's pretty big font size, but it's very easy to reduce it by using CSS.

Have a great day,
Peter

coolguy27 · 07-25-2007, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by peterko

Headings are still important, especially <H1>. That's pretty big font size, but it's very easy to reduce it by using CSS.

Definitely, agree... h1 one factor that contributes to SE rankings....

tdd1984 · 07-25-2007, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by catman

Hi, I've heard some debate about what was best to use for SEO and your main title tags for keywords. Does Google really ignore H1 tags or is this a rumor?

Put it this way your better off using them then with out them, but don't focus on h1 tags and etc to much focus on inbound links, I don't care what anyone says rankings has to do with your links, you can rank keywords in the top 5 and not even have that keyword on your page, unless Google changed there algorithm.

What I'm trying to state is don't get to caught up on you h1 tags, and content optimization, focus more on your inbound links, and good viral content.

Johan007 · 07-26-2007, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by tdd1984

What I'm trying to state is don't get to caught up on you h1 tags, and content optimization, focus more on your inbound links, and good viral content.

Agreed leave H1 tags out of SEO.

peterko · 07-26-2007, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by tdd1984

What I'm trying to state is don't get to caught up on you h1 tags, and content optimization, focus more on your inbound links, and good viral content.

What I would say, focus more on your inbound links, and good viral content, BUT don't forget about h1 tags, because they still have a value for search engines.

Have a great day,
Peter

webprofession · 07-30-2007, 04:51 AM

I am new to SEO.
I really get confused.

My question is,
If I use <H1> tag somewhere on my page.
It will display very large font as well as very large spaceing (before & after).
and I haven't ever found such large text on most of website.
<h2> or <h3> is ok but how to use <H1>?

Mihai · 07-30-2007, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by webprofession

I am new to SEO.
I really get confused.

My question is,
If I use <H1> tag somewhere on my page.
It will display very large font as well as very large spaceing (before & after).
and I haven't ever found such large text on most of website.
<h2> or <h3> is ok but how to use <H1>?

If you would read the forum before posting you would see this was already pointed out, as follows:

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Originally Posted by peterko

Headings are still important, especially <H1>. That's pretty big font size, but it's very easy to reduce it by using CSS.

Have a great day,
Peter

Scroll a bit up in this page and you will see..

elena29 · 07-31-2007, 01:13 AM

H1 tags are as important as H2 tags. I just think that one should not focus too much on just one on-page SEO element and forget about others. Have a general view of the situation and you will find the best solution. Ignore one aspect and you will regret deeply in the future.

mac123 · 09-01-2007, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by peterko

Headings are still important, especially <H1>. That's pretty big font size, but it's very easy to reduce it by using CSS.

Have a great day,
Peter

Be careful while using h1 and css together

aira · 09-01-2007, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by webprofession

I am new to SEO.
I really get confused.

My question is,
If I use <H1> tag somewhere on my page.
It will display very large font as well as very large spaceing (before & after).
and I haven't ever found such large text on most of website.
<h2> or <h3> is ok but how to use <H1>?

Actually Header Tags are used as an emphasis to the main topic of a page... If you use the H1 tag (which is the highest level among the header tags), its like you are giving importance to what your content is. H1 tags are often used as title

aira · 09-01-2007, 08:34 AM

Additional Information..The <title> tag belongs in the <head> section of an HTML page while the <h1> tag belongs in the <body> section of a page

x3mario · 09-01-2007, 02:00 PM

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Additional Information..The <title> tag belongs in the <head> section of an HTML page while the <h1> tag belongs in the <body> section of a page

Right and H1 is important in your body coz it gives emphasis to your keyword.

mac123 · 09-02-2007, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by aira

Actually Header Tags are used as an emphasis to the main topic of a page... If you use the H1 tag (which is the highest level among the header tags), its like you are giving importance to what your content is. H1 tags are often used as title

Here is example of Heading tags in order which should appear in-between the BODY tags of your web page(s):

<H1>1st Business Heading</H1>
<H2>2nd Business Heading</H2>
<H3>Sub Business Heading</H3>

Once again, the main headline will need an "h1" code to give it the greatest importance. The main sub-headings, which are numbers one, two, and so on deserve an "h2" showing they are next in line when it comes to importance. The "h3" can be given to sub-headings under the main sub-headings.