is H2 is better than H1?

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  1. poseidon

    poseidon Banned

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    #21
    People do say H2 is better than H1 though I have never seen any empirical conclusive results to confirm it.

    The logic ppl gives is since H1 is so misused, search engines gives more value to H2
     
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  2. Sonal

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    #22
    Heading: i must thing when you use any heading tag like: h1-h6
    then use with mein keyword. it will be useful.
     
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    #23
    can't say exactly wich one is better
    actually it depends on how you wanna design your site, how you want your site to look,how better you can make it attractive
     
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    #24
    it depends on your website's structure

    but both are important so use both properly with your main Targeted keywords.

    Thanks
    john
     
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    #25
    I use that one all the time. Also when you use W3C's html validator, you can click on the more option before validating, and then click outline. Those with h2 tags, and no h1 tags will find none.
     
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    #26
    Obviously, the guy who wrote that ebook knows nothing about SEO...
     
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  7. dtm32236

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    #27
    I haven't read anything about this:

    What if you're header sections are separated by paragraphs. For example...

    <h1>title</h1>
      <p>...</p>
      <p>...</p>
    	<h2>sub title</h2>
    	  <p>...</p>
    	<h2>sub title 2</h2>
    	  <p>...</p>
              <p>...</p>
    		H3
    		<p>...</p>
    	<h2>sub title 3</h2>
    	  <p>...</p>
    Code (markup):
    Is that semantically correct? (They don't have to be one after another, without separation, do they?)

    I was unaware of the importance of H1-6 tags when I first created my site.... I only used H1 tags for page titles, and I would seldom use a H2 tag for an important section. Is it worth going back and fixing every page? There's about 500 of them - it's going to be a lot of work. I guess my question is: Do search engines weigh H1-6 heavily?

    Sorry for all the questions - I just want to make sure I do everything correctly. Thanks a lot for the help, guys!
     
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  8. Dan Schulz

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    #28
    That's referring to the browsers that support headings, not the headings themselves (again, this is why I say Web developers make the best SEOs).

    Add another H3 and some content to it and it will be semantically correct. Right now the lone H3 you have in there is orphaned, which means there isn't enough content to justify its presence there. Either add another H3 (and content as appropriate) or remove it.

    Here's an example, using your existing code structure.

    
    <h1>title</h1>
      <p>...</p>
      <p>...</p>
    	<h2>sub title</h2>
    	  <p>...</p>
    	<h2>sub title 2</h2>
    	  <p>...</p>
              <p>...</p>
    		<h3>sub-sub title</h3>
    		<p>...</p>
    		<h3>sub-sub title</h3>
    		<p>...</p>
    	<h2>sub title 3</h2>
    	  <p>...</p>
    
    Code (markup):
    (Of course, I'm referring to <p>...</p> as one or more paragraphs of related content, not one paragraph as the example indicates.)
     
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  9. dtm32236

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    #29
    ...things I would never think of...

    Thanks a lot, Dan. You've been a great help here.
     
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