Hi Everyone.

 

Have to admit, SEO is something I don't really understand but it's something I endevour to learn.

 

anyhoo..

 

I have a site, with: (in this order on the page)

 

<h2>welcome to bla bla bla etc</h2> font size is 16px, then right after that

 

<h1 class="bigtext">We offer bla bla bla etc </h1> font size is 22px

 

is this not good for seo purposes, is it ok to have your h1 smaller than your h2? or even have your h1 appear on the page after your h2 or does do the spiders/bots heads in etc.

 

Thanks

 

M

your h1 (of there should be only one) should come first before any h2s

even if H2s are more important SEO-wise, that doesn't mean that you should make them bigger than an h1, nor should you place them above an h1. I'm guessing that as the h2s are more specific to search results they are given more weight because of that. (and the h1 would be a reflection of the page title -i.e. title tag - too).

 

still for humans, screen readers and pretty much common sense, h1 first and then h2s in your document structure.

There is no problem with you changing the size of the H1 or H2 tags.

 

I would use them sparingly on the page and would ensure that your keyword is used in them,

 

You could use something like <h1>my keyword is here</h1> and then later <h2>here is my keyword</h2>

There is no problem with you changing the size of the H1 or H2 tags.

 

I would use them sparingly on the page and would ensure that your keyword is used in them,

 

You could use something like <h1>my keyword is here</h1> and then later <h2>here is my keyword</h2>

except it looks stupid if your h1 is smaller than your h2

except it looks stupid if your h1 is smaller than your h2

 

 

Really that would depend on the design, I coded up a site that was designed with a smaller h1 than h2 and it looked not stupid at all

Really that would depend on the design, I coded up a site that was designed with a smaller h1 than h2 and it looked not stupid at all

 

but to me - and possibly a lot of others - i would imagine it would feel stupid, merely because the more important h1 heading should be bigger than a h2 within the visual hierarchy.

Thanks for all these replies..

 

I think visually it probably does make more sense to have the H1 larger than H2, sort of thing, but I would of thought that the search engines etc would be smart enough to still put the h1 before the h2, even if the h2 is is before the h1..

 

some good points mentioned here though.

 

if you set a h1 class, , ie <H1 class="big heading"> BIG HEADING </h1>

 

would that still count as a h1 to the search engines?..

 

M