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Al Lu
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Posted by Al Lu
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Al Lu
UX Design Techdegree Student 15,801 Points

What if I don't have H1 in my website?

I don't have any h1 tag right now. How bad this is for the SEO?

3 Answers

Ilja Daderko
Ilja Daderko
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Ilja Daderko
Ilja Daderko
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Depends on your content I guess, h1 signifies high importance for web crawlers, is usually used for things like your brand / logo, article titles, big headings (maybe in your jumbo / slider section). If you are using h2 tags, well maybe you can change those for h1, if it makes sense e.g. if you are using them for something I mentioned above, also it's a good practice to understand when to use these for semantic code purpose.

Here is a useful further reading on header tags and SEO: How to Use Heading Tags for SEO

geek
geek
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geek
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2,405 Points

You are not optimizing well for on page SEO. It is always a good idea to have at an h1 heading per page.