How important is h1 ?

Discussion in 'Google' started by banana8, Jan 15, 2011.

  1. #1
    Hi guys,

    My Wordpress theme is showing the h1 title in different positioning on Explorer and FireFox.
    I'm considering removing the h1 but not sure about it's value.

    Please advise what to do.

    Thanks
     
    banana8, Jan 15, 2011 IP
  2. massjo

    massjo Active Member

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    #2
    its also like part of on page optimization, although google considers as most important factors.
     
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  3. alex629

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    #3
    According to on-page optimization technique the main keywords should be in Title, description, heading, body, bold and anchor.
     
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    #4
    h1 is important for search engines as it represents the main topic/header of the page - like <title>
     
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    jezzz Notable Member

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    #5
    It easily convince search engine spiders to crawl relevant title from the start of HTML markup code! If it properly placed
     
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    dungdenvn Well-Known Member

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    #6
    for me ... if it looks not good or unnatural, just remove it. Google now is different from 2 years ago. This factor won't matter much
     
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  7. digitalwebman06

    digitalwebman06 Active Member

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    #7
    dude you must have to correct them. the h1 tag is the most important part of on-page optimization. search engines value the title tag, description and body is very important.
    so from my point of view you should correct them and try to make it attractive as soon as possible.
    good luck :)
     
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    Sxperm Notable Member

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    #8
    It used to be a fairly major part of on-page seo factors, but not now. It doesn't hurt to use H1 as long as you do not spam this tag. H tag does mean for header or highlight. Only short sentence should be placed there and not a whole long article.
     
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  9. yugam

    yugam Active Member

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    #9
    H1 tag is very useful in optimization. Don't remove h1 tag because it gives good value in search engines of your keywords.......
     
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    #10
    H1 tag are so imp. Google gives special consideration which are under H1 tags
     
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    #11
    Mate, H1 tag is one of the many onsite optimization factors and using your primary targeted keyword of a particular page in H1 tag can help to get more emphasis to it by search engine.
    I would suggest you not to remove it, but try to use it correctly and solve the error.

    If you can show your blog or theme.. may be we (DP members) can help you solve it.
     
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  12. MeBloggs

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    #12
    It's very important. It's one of the few things you have complete control of. Whatever the page is about, and the main search term you want to optimize for, should be in the top most h1. Also, limit it to one per page to get the most out of it.
     
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    #13
    How authentic is your statement? Or this is what your instinct is saying? Google SEO Starter guide talks about h1 tag. So it's important for SEO purpose..
     
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  14. indyonline

    indyonline Prominent Member

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    #14
    I would keep it. For SEO reasons. Try posting in design for help getting that issue fixed.
     
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    #15
    h1 is very valuable, just like the title
     
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    #16
    Can we have more than one H1??
     
    consumerboard, Jan 18, 2011 IP