Header Tag Practices: Does This Technique Work? h1-h6

I was viewing the source of a website today when I seen them using h1 tags with a link and keywords. Do you think that the header tags on this website perform better than ones without links?
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EXAMPLE:
<h1><a href=http://www.wheelmedia.com/web_site_design/professional_web_site_design_company.htm><font color="#7D7D7D">San Francisco Web Design </font></a></h1>

Here is the site I seen this being used... www.wheelmedia.com

 

Yes. I believe it would.

Links that are in prominent places on a site have been shown to rank higher in terms of linkjuice than those that are hidden or near the base of the page.

By the same reasoning I would expect Header links to perform highly.

Interesting to see if anyone has run any tests?

 

The general consensus is that they do.

For example, Wordpress's default theme tags blog posts in <h1> tags and they do show more prominently than categories, which are linked on nearly every page, does.

 

I usually dont put a link in my h1 but i dont think it hurts to do so.

 

I also do not put links in h1 tags or header tags but I think it may be a good idea, though I am not sure how good it will affect on the rankings aspect.

 

Yes its better to avoid it