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Google’s job is to understand, index and rank. For pages without H1 tags, things get complicated for Google. That said, every little bit helps with SEO – so follow these practices below whenever possible. Here are 9 best practices for H1 tags: Use H1 tags as page titles Use H1 title formatting Match H1s with title tags Use H1 tags on every important page Use only one H1 per page Keep H1 tags concise and indicated through style Structure Include target keywords Make H1 tags eye-catching Use H1 tags as page titles Google says to “place the title of the article in a prominent position above the body of the article, such as in an <h1> tag.” While many website platforms and CMS do this by default, some themes override this setting. If you want to know how your theme is handled, the easiest way to check is to right-click on the title and select "Inspect." If the highlighted portion contains <h1>, then the text is contained within an H1 tag. If you’re new to HTML, you can install Ahrefs SEO Toolbar and review your H tag settings, including your H1, with the free Page Report. If you wish to batch check your H1 tags: Sign up for a free Ahrefs Webmaster Tools account Use Site.
Audit Crawl your website with Go to Page Report Scroll to "H1 Settings" Chart Click the Japan Phone Number List green portion of the pie chart Title Case for H1 Title case is to capitalize all words that contain four or more letters. If your CMS uses page titles as H1 tags and title tags, then using title case for page titles can help make the content in the results look cleaner. Usually only forum posts use lower case or sentence case. Match your H1 to your title tag Google says to match your title tag to your H1. Most CMSs like WordPress do this automatically, but you can use an SEO plugin like Yoast to set the title tag to something different than the H1. This is usually done because the page title is fine for an H1 but is too long for a title tag. For example, for this post, our title and H1 are slightly different: If your title and H1 are slightly different, but both on the same page, like in the example above, that’s fine. then it is recommended that you match them. Why? Because the user part clicks into the page through your title tag in the SERP.If they see a completely different and irrelevant title (H1) on the page, they will feel cheated. You can check for mismatched H1 and title tags for free in Ahrefs Webmaster Tools.
Sign up for a free Ahrefs Webmaster Tools account Use Site Audit Crawl your website with Go to Page Reports Scroll to "H1 Settings" Charts Click on the green part of the pie chart to look for no Matching Title Tags and H1s Here is our guide to anchor text that doesn’t match titles and H1s: Title tags surround slant definition, while H1s slant research. Searchers may feel a little cheated or confused after clicking through to this page, so keeping a consistent perspective makes a lot of sense. Expert Tips If your site has many pages, sort the reports in Site Audit by organic traffic to prioritize changes. There’s little point worrying about title tags and H1 mismatches if your page doesn’t get any organic traffic in the first place. Use H1 tags on every important page Given that your page title should be contained in an H1 tag, there should be an H1 on every important page. After all, every page has a page title. If you want to find pages that are missing H1s: Sign up for a free Ahrefs Webmaster Tools account Use Site Audit Crawl your website with Go to Page Report Scroll to "H1 Settings" tab Click on the green part of the pie chart and you can see above that some of our pages are missing the H1. This isn’t a big problem since these pages aren’t particularly important from an SEO perspective.
Audit Crawl your website with Go to Page Report Scroll to "H1 Settings" Chart Click the Japan Phone Number List green portion of the pie chart Title Case for H1 Title case is to capitalize all words that contain four or more letters. If your CMS uses page titles as H1 tags and title tags, then using title case for page titles can help make the content in the results look cleaner. Usually only forum posts use lower case or sentence case. Match your H1 to your title tag Google says to match your title tag to your H1. Most CMSs like WordPress do this automatically, but you can use an SEO plugin like Yoast to set the title tag to something different than the H1. This is usually done because the page title is fine for an H1 but is too long for a title tag. For example, for this post, our title and H1 are slightly different: If your title and H1 are slightly different, but both on the same page, like in the example above, that’s fine. then it is recommended that you match them. Why? Because the user part clicks into the page through your title tag in the SERP.If they see a completely different and irrelevant title (H1) on the page, they will feel cheated. You can check for mismatched H1 and title tags for free in Ahrefs Webmaster Tools.
Sign up for a free Ahrefs Webmaster Tools account Use Site Audit Crawl your website with Go to Page Reports Scroll to "H1 Settings" Charts Click on the green part of the pie chart to look for no Matching Title Tags and H1s Here is our guide to anchor text that doesn’t match titles and H1s: Title tags surround slant definition, while H1s slant research. Searchers may feel a little cheated or confused after clicking through to this page, so keeping a consistent perspective makes a lot of sense. Expert Tips If your site has many pages, sort the reports in Site Audit by organic traffic to prioritize changes. There’s little point worrying about title tags and H1 mismatches if your page doesn’t get any organic traffic in the first place. Use H1 tags on every important page Given that your page title should be contained in an H1 tag, there should be an H1 on every important page. After all, every page has a page title. If you want to find pages that are missing H1s: Sign up for a free Ahrefs Webmaster Tools account Use Site Audit Crawl your website with Go to Page Report Scroll to "H1 Settings" tab Click on the green part of the pie chart and you can see above that some of our pages are missing the H1. This isn’t a big problem since these pages aren’t particularly important from an SEO perspective.