Does bold title at the top helps ? (not H1 tag but only bold tags)

Hi,

in my pages, I am using bold tags for my title. I know H1 tags helps but they look really odd so I am only using bold tag for the title. something like

Will this help me in serps or do I have to revert back to ugly H1 tags ?

Regards

 

I use H1 tags in my website, but have used CSS to alter their appearance and size.www.poslogistics.co.uk

 

Thats the best way to do it. However, using bold and italics on specific words throughout the page can help empahsize some of the content for the SERPS.

 

You can make a CSS filter to make H1 tags display like <b> tags.

 

Hi poseidon,

Just like the what the other posters have mentioned, H1 tag weights more heavily than <b>.. so its advisable to use <h1> instead.

You may use something like the following in your css file:

h1{
        font-size: 100%; //adjust to the size you want 
	font-weight: bold; //adjust the boldness accordingly     
}

Code (markup):

Hope it helps

 

can CSS detect classes?

for example if i made a standard H1 tag in CSS.

then i defined

h1.small {
size: 8pt
}

when i use the tag <h1 class=small>text text text</h1>

does Google recognize that as a standard h1 tag, or does referencing a class, downplay the use of the h1 tag?

 

Hi gfriedm1,

Yes, of course. Classes worked just fine for SEO.

Using different H1 across pages will not hurt your SEO either but other issues such as design inconsistency arises.. (out of topic )

 

H1 tags will provide the greatest SEO benefit, but in my experience the best strategy has been to use H1, bold, and italics in different places on the page (never more than one per instance). All of these add weight to your keywords with respect to the SERPs.

HTH,
Sam