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< h1 > Tags? What, Why & How Many?

By: Lee Johnson - SEO Manager - CustomerStreet
Comments ( 2)
Oct
18

< h1 > tag has been brought up at Customerstreet over the last few days. How many per page?

There have been differences of of opinion and hope the following snippet helps:

The heading element briefly describes the subject of the section it introduces. Heading elements go from H1 to H6 with the lower numbered headings being most important. You should only use a single H1 element on each page, and may want to use multiple other heading elements to structure a document.

A H1 element source would look like:

<h1>Your Topic</h1>

Heading elements may be styled using CSS. Many content management systems place the same content in the main page heading and the page title, although in many cases it may be preferential to mix them up if possible.

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On Tue 8 Jan neil wrote :

If you can only have 1 H1 tag on a page then I guess I have some work to do taking them out of my website.

Is there a limit the amount of H2 etc. tags you can use on a page ?

On Tue 8 Jan admin wrote :

Hi Neil, you can have as many h2-h6 tags as you like. Remember that each heading tag should be unique and discuss the paragraph(s)you have below it. So really its all dependent on how much text you have on the page. Any other queries please reply and i will help in any peripheral way i can.

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