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on the importance of Heading Tags ...

don't got no title? OK, we'll use your headings instead.

Woz

4:48 am on Sep 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

I uploaded a new personal site a while ago without completely 100% checking it as I was up against a deadline.

It seems that on one page I had forgotten to include the title and description/keyword tags (silly me), but I had included a H1 heading tag and text.

The page is now indexed by Google with the H1 text as the listing title, which would seem to further suggest the importance of including headings in the content for indexing purposes.

Onya
Woz

mil2k

6:21 am on Sep 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

Great mistake woz. And thanks for sharing :)

Yidaki

6:55 am on Sep 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

Nice observation, Woz! Thanks for sharing.

Did you forget to include the tags completely or just forget to fill them? (<title></title>)

bekyed

8:39 am on Sep 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

Headings are the no 1 optimisation technique if they are used right with the correct keywords your site will rise above the rest.
Well done
:)

Bek

newsphinx

9:36 am on Sep 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

Another nice WebmasterWorld find!

pnlla_rav

10:54 am on Sep 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

Is it makes difference if you put your H1 tag in <Body> instead of <Head>?

killroy

11:25 am on Sep 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

Yes, h1 in head is invalid and won't work, while h1 in body is correct, validates and will give the desired effect.

Woz

1:52 pm on Sep 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

>Did you forget to include the tags completely or just forget to fill them?

No Title, No Tags, Nix, Nada, Nuttin'! <hangs head in shame>

But did include a good heading and still acheived good listings (#3 for a specific 4 word phrase). Am now testing with appropriate Title and Tags. ;)

Interesting find, even though I had to stumble to find it.

Onya
Woz

pageoneresults

2:01 pm on Sep 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

Hey Woz, where was the <h1> in relation to the opening <body> tag?

Net_Wizard

2:01 pm on Sep 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

Have anybody consider the effect of Hx tag as a hyperlink as well? ;)

creative craig

2:02 pm on Sep 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

I have long stood by the trusty <h1> tag, its done me proud in the past and still is today :)

aus_dave

2:10 pm on Sep 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

bekyed is spot on, h1 and h2 tags used in a logical structure can be very powerful if everything else is done right too.

Woz

3:01 pm on Sep 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

>Hey Woz, where was the <h1> in relation to the opening <body> tag?

40 lines down, most of which were format/layout code. However, I am assuming that the parser would look for the first Hx line if no title was present.

Onya
Woz