<h1> <h2> Tags?

I was reading some where about this tags, I was told they are basic tags that make a topic more bold.

But what exactly do they do? Are they better tags for SEO? Or is it just another way to "bold" words?



Had to post that..

H tags are header tag... like on a news paper page, you have the big killer title, then sub titles, then the sub-topics and quotes... H1 would be the main header... H2 would be a lower section title ... and so on...

They are more powerfull than bold...

So when is it appropriate to use <h1> <h2> tags?

I recommend you do some reading or search on Google under "h1 tags", but for now... use h1 for the onpage title text at the top of each page (make sure you use your primary keywords in this title); use h2 for subparagraph headings, etc.

(Edited a typo)

example:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6219998.stm
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,235686,00.html

You should use the h1 as a complement of the title, this means that you can add different words but with the same meaning and try using keyword variations.

The h2 gives the user the idea of what the text is going to be talking about, so try to explain what the content is going to talk about using keyword variations.

but when should I use them?

for example, I have a air jordan release dates page,

should i only use it on certain pages?

Why is this better though? better for spiders?

From what ive seen with H tags...

Good developers have used H tags as explained above as its good coding practice to show a "Hierarchy" of content.. ( say Category , Section , Article...)

Google for example will come across h1 tag and assume this is "Important" as it would normally be designed to "stand" out on a web page....

You could try something like below if you dont want to go messing around with the look of your page and i dont recommend stuffing keywords! This will merely highlight what you have already..

Use the following css :



Then in your web page ( and you can do this dynamically if your site is driven as such..)

<h1 class="seo">Air Jordan Article..( or whatever..)</h1>

Now i may be brought down a peg or two by gurus here but this has worked for me in the past as Im not a genius developer that codes precisely as I should do..

Hope this helps...

<h1 class="seo">Air Jordan Article..( or whatever..)</h1>

So that tag (I am just looking at <h1 class="seo"></h1>) will tell spiders this is more important info?

If this is true, adding to much of the h1 to certain topics is that bad (per page?)

And then what the the difference between h1 h2 and h3?

Sorry should have explained a little better.
The class=seo refers to the css seo tag...
the css "seo" tag doesnt actually display any text to a browser but will show to a Search Engine.

H1 is more important to a SE and less important as it goes to h6....

I was suggesting to use this method as a test and it wouldnt affect the look and feel of your site...

so what exactly is the h1 tag, how would I write this

<h1>content</h1> ?

also is there so many times I should use it?

add the css to your css file or web page



Then near top of page

<h1 class="seo">Air Jordan Article</h1>

Which would call the css tag seo ,which would not display to a browser but would display to search engine..

If you want to send me a URL and I can have a look for you where best to put it....

ok,
I pmed you

Looks like I cant reply to PM yet as Im a new user...

to be honest , you already have the words " " setup as a H2 , you could change that to H1 to emphasise and use css to change the size if not happy with it...

<h2 id="post-7"><a href="http://www.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.com/xx-yyy/" rel="bookmark">Something Something Release Dates</a></h2>

To add the css I spoke about :

Add the css code above the "/* End Contact Form ][ CSS */"



Hidden text using *this* method is not a bad thing as long as you dont "stuff" it full of keywords. A search engine will see the text , a browser wont... ( Search Engine cant see the css..)

If you were to colour the text the same as background and have links etc.. now then , the Search Engines wouldnt be best please :-)

I have searched my whole stylesheet and I did not find anywere

/* End Contact Form ][ CSS */

Hi , this is actually on your template...

However you could just add it to your stylesheet also....