Hi guys, The site I'm talking about is the first one in my signature and I've what are probably some pretty basic questions. I don't know much about SEO at the moment and I'm new to CSS as well so I'm basically using 'H1' tags as well as 'p' tags to define sizes and stuff with CSS. So I've got about 10 H1 tags down the left sidebar of my site with a variety of country names listed. When should I use the H1 tag? Should I use it for my title 'Working Holiday Visa Information' and all the other similar ones on my main page? Or should I put those as H2 and have 'For Canadians Who Want to Work Abroad' as my H1? What about my menu to the left with country names... should that be H3 tags or 'p' tags? Thanks for your help!! Kirsty
You should have 1 h1 tag at the top of the content of your page and this should be optimised for your target keywords. Any sub-headings should be h2 or h3 tags depending on the importance. h tags should not be used for a navigation menu.
I use H4's for navigation menus, seems to work anyway. H1's and H2 should only be used for the main page heading and 1-2 subheadings.
You should have only 1 H1 , the rest should be H2 H3 etc .. having more than 1 will hurt your ranking. Only your main keyword should be in H1
I agree you should put the H1 on top because bots reads from top to bottom. Having H1 on the top with your keyword on it will make bots digest your keyword first before they read other words.
Thanks guys! Just one more question... should I only have an H1 tag on my index.html page or for the titles across all of my pages? The titles on each page will all be different. The title on my index.html page will be the most important keywords. Thanks! Kirsty