h1, h2 and search engines

[Jane Here]

I remember reading somewhere that one should have <h1></h1> and <h2></h2>
tags for better search engine results. I notice that FP does not create
these automatically. Should these be added by hand, or is there a tool which
would help to add them quickly to all pages.

Also, what sort of information should I have in h1, then in h2, and how far
down should I go - h6?

Should I put them on every page?

Any tips or suggestions on this topic will be welcome. I am ready to
implement this now and before I start I thought I would ask the experts.

 

[Andrew Murray]

They are heading-size tags <h1> is 12 pt, <h2> is 14pt and so on - what good
will they do in search engines?
can you give the reference of what you read, so somone can clarify it.

As far as I know, those heading-size tags have nothing do do with search engines,
nor will they help your site placement or ranking in a search engine.

 

[Ronx]

<h1>,<h2>...<h6> designate headings, as in

<h1>Section Title</h1>
<h2>Subsection<h2>
<p>some body text</p>
<h2>Another Subsection</h2>
<h3>Sub-Sub section title</h3>
<p>and so on...</p>


Using headings helps with accessibility as well as with search engines.
They help to pick out where topics in the page begin.

 

[Jane Here]

Andrew

I think I got it from a reference you gave<g>.

You had an email (to someone else) where you showed a site that analysed a
web page to show what a search engine would see. One of the comments from
the analysis done on that site was that there were no <h1> tags.

(This is from memory - I may have it wrong. I don't have access to your
reference at the moment).

I got the impression from that site that <h1> etc tags were important for
search engines. Do you disagree?

 

[Murray]

These tags have semantic meaning. SE's (read about it at
http://www.searchenginewatch.com) are sensitive to semantic markup like
<h1>, <h2>, and <title>, since they likely wrap key information about the
page's content.

Of course, there would be no way to AUTOMATICALLY place these tags. In my
experience and based on my reading, it *is* a grand idea to have some on
every page, and you would need to do that yourself.

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

Murray:

What happened to the good old days when the search engines were happy with
bold text?
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| These tags have semantic meaning. SE's (read about it at
| http://www.searchenginewatch.com) are sensitive to semantic markup like
| <h1>, <h2>, and <title>, since they likely wrap key information about the
| page's content.
|
| Of course, there would be no way to AUTOMATICALLY place these tags. In my
| experience and based on my reading, it *is* a grand idea to have some on
| every page, and you would need to do that yourself.
|
| --
| Murray
|
| | > They are heading-size tags <h1> is 12 pt, <h2> is 14pt and so on - what
| > good
| > will they do in search engines?
| > can you give the reference of what you read, so somone can clarify it.
| >
| > As far as I know, those heading-size tags have nothing do do with search
| > engines,
| > nor will they help your site placement or ranking in a search engine.
| >
| >
| > | >> I remember reading somewhere that one should have <h1></h1> and
<h2></h2>
| >> tags for better search engine results. I notice that FP does not create
| >> these automatically. Should these be added by hand, or is there a tool
| >> which
| >> would help to add them quickly to all pages.
| >>
| >> Also, what sort of information should I have in h1, then in h2, and how
| >> far
| >> down should I go - h6?
| >>
| >> Should I put them on every page?
| >>
| >> Any tips or suggestions on this topic will be welcome. I am ready to
| >> implement this now and before I start I thought I would ask the
experts.
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Murray]

LOL - AND keyword meta tags.

Then the porn industry changed everything.... 8)

 

[E. T. Culling]

Since font tags are deprecated now and the future is in CSS this is probably
a good time to learn at least the basics. Here's a great place to start:
http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
And another:
http://www.mako4css.com/index.htm
Eleanor
Realize that 'the future' is now!

 

[Jane Here]

Thanks for all suggestions.

I'll take a look at the sites you mention.

 

[Andrew Murray]

Using headings, yes, they might help, but what does bolded text or the size of
the text matter?

 

[Murray]

It doesn't at all....

--
Murray

Using headings, yes, they might help, but what does bolded text or the
size of
the text matter?