H1 titles

  • Hi there, the theme that i use a lot seems to use H1 tags for page titles.

    Does this mean that I shouldn’t use any more H1 tags within the page body??

    Also, what if I turned off page titles so they don’t show, what happens then?

    Many thanks

    Tuftyone (SEO newb)

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    You should only use a heading level structure that makes sense. Per HTML5 specification, it is perfectly fine to use multiple level 1 headings. That doesn’t mean it will make sense.
    For example this doesn’t make much sense:

    <h1> News article </h1>
[...]
<h1> Car crashes into building </h1>

    Because the “Car crashes into building” heading relates to the previous level 1 heading. You can only convey relationships between heading levels as they increment. This for example would be correct:

    <h1> News article </h1>
[...]
<h2> Car crashes into building </h2>

    Ignore any SEO dinosaurs that tell you not to use multiple h1s on a page. I never trust third party advice for “SEO”. Always get advice from the search engines themselves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIn5qJKU8VM

    Thread Starter tuftyone

    (@tuftyone)

    thanks for the advice, that makes sense. I guess if I choose not to show page titles, the H1 tag is removed? and in which case I might use one within they page itself.
    Should I write to the theme developers?

    Thanks

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    I guess if I choose not to show page titles

    How do you mean choose, by using some sort of theme setting? Which theme is this? If you’re using a commercial theme then it’s probably best to contact the devs.

    Thread Starter tuftyone

    (@tuftyone)

    yes, I’m using the7 which is a brilliant theme. I’ll contacts the devs

    Thanks

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