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H1, H2, H3 tags

What is logically and Google wise correct?

         

Habtom

2:05 pm on Aug 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

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Following from the discussion tip number 100
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I am about to put my site the following way:

Besides to my title, meta and all the other stuff:

One - H1
Six - H2
Four - H3

Why, because that is how it should be logically. Do you see any problems? What does Google say about this?

There was an article I read which says, those tags might soon be deprecated for just "H". Is it true?

Habtom

pageoneresults

2:52 pm on Aug 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

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Why, because that is how it should be logically.

Its all about logic. :)

What does Google say about this?

Google really has no say in this one. The guidelines are established by the W3.

7.5.5 Headings: The H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6 elements
[w3.org...]

The above are referred to as Numbered Headings.

There was an article I read which says, those tags might soon be deprecated for just "H". Is it true?

Not that I'm aware of. That's all part of the proposal for XHTML 2.0 and I don't see that going mainstream anytime soon.

The below are referred to as Structured Headings.

8.5. The heading elements
[w3.org...]

[edited by: pageoneresults at 2:54 pm (utc) on Aug. 27, 2007]

topr8

2:54 pm on Aug 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

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semantically:
its not about numbers it's about the way they are structured
eg.

h1

>>h2

>>h2

>>>>h3

>>>>h3

>>>>>>h4

>>>>>>h4

>>h2

>>>>h3

etc. etc

i don't know what works with google, i just make pages how i like them and notice that they ebb and flow with the tide (or rather with the algo changes)

balam

2:57 pm on Aug 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

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> Do you see any problems?

Not myself, no. I employ the same sort of layout on some pages as well, I think it may have assisted in SEO, and hasn't seemed to cause any detrimental effects.

> What does Google say about this?

Not to be flippant, but Google states, 'Build sites for people, not search engines.'

> There was an article

Sounds interesting, where is it? (Sticky if necessary.)

A number of tags that have been depreciated in the past have made sense (<font>, for example), but this idea doesn't seem so logical.

I've compared heading tags with a book, to the uninitiated. A book only has one title (H1), a number of chapters (H2), and a bunch of subsections (H3-6). I can't see this sort of semantical layout being tossed out the door.

Habtom

1:26 pm on Aug 28, 2007 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Thanks for your responses, guys.