Comments on: Practical SEO Part 1: Lets talk about headings… http://the449.com/practical-seo-part-1-lets-talk-about-headings/ Affordable blog Design fresh from Bristol, UK Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:00:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: g1smd http://the449.com/practical-seo-part-1-lets-talk-about-headings/#comment-26 g1smd Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:03:58 +0000 http://the449.com/practical-seo-part-1-lets-talk-about-headings/#comment-26 A heading sits above and introduces a paragraph, list, table, or form. It summarises the content that follows, for those that just scan the headings. It will use often use only about one to ten words. Headings should be assigned in the correct numerical heirarchy. There is a tool that checks headings for you. It is built in to the W3C HTML validator. If the bullet-point list that it produces does not look like a summary of your document then you are abusing the heading tags on that page. A heading sits above and introduces a paragraph, list, table, or form. It summarises the content that follows, for those that just scan the headings. It will use often use only about one to ten words. Headings should be assigned in the correct numerical heirarchy.

There is a tool that checks headings for you. It is built in to the W3C HTML validator. If the bullet-point list that it produces does not look like a summary of your document then you are abusing the heading tags on that page.

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://the449.com/practical-seo-part-1-lets-talk-about-headings/#comment-20 Chris Garrett Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:13:27 +0000 http://the449.com/practical-seo-part-1-lets-talk-about-headings/#comment-20 Hey Grant, that sounds like a great plan. I'm doing something similiar with the H2 tag on the <a href="http://the449.com" rel="nofollow">449 homepage</a>. Hey Grant, that sounds like a great plan. I’m doing something similiar with the H2 tag on the 449 homepage.

]]> By: Grant http://the449.com/practical-seo-part-1-lets-talk-about-headings/#comment-19 Grant Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:09:58 +0000 http://the449.com/practical-seo-part-1-lets-talk-about-headings/#comment-19 Thanks Chris, i am currently re-designing my website so i think i have a great use for the H1 tag. I have a small piece of large text at the top a short intro which i may use a h1 tag for. Thanks. Thanks Chris, i am currently re-designing my website so i think i have a great use for the H1 tag. I have a small piece of large text at the top a short intro which i may use a h1 tag for.

Thanks.

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://the449.com/practical-seo-part-1-lets-talk-about-headings/#comment-18 Chris Garrett Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:58:03 +0000 http://the449.com/practical-seo-part-1-lets-talk-about-headings/#comment-18 Thanks Andrew :) Thanks Andrew :)

]]> By: Andrew http://the449.com/practical-seo-part-1-lets-talk-about-headings/#comment-17 Andrew Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:55:42 +0000 http://the449.com/practical-seo-part-1-lets-talk-about-headings/#comment-17 Nice start to what looks like it will be a great series of articles. Nice start to what looks like it will be a great series of articles.

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://the449.com/practical-seo-part-1-lets-talk-about-headings/#comment-16 Chris Garrett Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:19:04 +0000 http://the449.com/practical-seo-part-1-lets-talk-about-headings/#comment-16 Hi Grant, thanks for stopping by :) You should only use <h1> once on a page, my recommendation would be to put the site header in a standard <p>, I tend to use an <img /> for the logo here and set the title as alt text, so people browsing with css disabled still get some element of browsing to improve their experience. Hi Grant, thanks for stopping by :) You should only use <h1> once on a page, my recommendation would be to put the site header in a standard <p>, I tend to use an <img /> for the logo here and set the title as alt text, so people browsing with css disabled still get some element of browsing to improve their experience.

]]> By: Grant http://the449.com/practical-seo-part-1-lets-talk-about-headings/#comment-15 Grant Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:44:04 +0000 http://the449.com/practical-seo-part-1-lets-talk-about-headings/#comment-15 Great article, I must remember that one for the side bar section titles. I can't say i agree with sing for the site header. I always use h1, would it be ok to use two h1 tag one for the sub-header and one for header? Great article, I must remember that one for the side bar section titles.

I can’t say i agree with sing for the site header. I always use h1, would it be ok to use two h1 tag one for the sub-header and one for header?

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