Hello, Let's say I have a page with 3 distinct sections like this Section title ------- 400 words of text Section title -------- 400 words of text Will it hurt my rankings if I were to use H1 for each title(H1 tag only used a few times). I'm guessing it does because I'm pretty sure the H1 Tag was intended to be used only for 1 title. Should I start with H1, then H2, then H3? Any input is much appreciated!
No, but I can tell you (as a Web developer) that you're not using them properly. Save the H1 heading for the top-most heading of the page (the page title that your visitors will read once they get to the page), and then use H2 headings for the major sections of that page, and then the H3s for the talking points to back up and support the H2s. You know, like how an outline or a lengthy newspaper article works.
Nowadays H1/H2/H3 have just become 'SEO tags'. How they would actually look like can be controlled by a stylesheet anyway
*jaw drops* Huh? Do you even know what you're talking about? They're not "SEO tags" - they're headings. They're meant to mark up the major sections of a Web page. And besides, just about anything can be controlled by a stylesheet - which the search engines can and do read. Don't believe me? Read the HTML Specification.
As said Dan Schulz, h1, h2, h3 are not SEO TAGS, these are HTML "tags", simple html. Some Search Engine use h1,h2,h3 for SEO, but there are lot for ways to seo My 2 cents, Jakomo
This is exactly how I use h1,h2,h3 and it works well for me. h1 tags once per page for page titles or article titles h2 tags for section headings, aka sub-headings within each page h3 tags for sub-section headings within each h2 tag
Actualy most, if not all, of the search engnes out there take headings into account. I know the major ones do, but I'll have to talk to a guy I know who knows the owner of a major niche search engine database site about the smaller niche ones (I know my niche search engine site uses them, and it's not even live yet).