Google and keywords inside H1 tags

[XMLMania]

Hi,

I've been reading on here quite frequently and came across how google values text inside H1 tags more, as key words.

Recently I edited my PHP code to produce the news titles in H1 tags to possibly improve my search placings, however... my H1 tags have a class <h1 class="myClass">Text</h1>, is this as effective as using PLAIN <h1> tags? Should I just write a style for the: h1 {style}, instead of: h1.myClass {style}?

Thanks!

[EBear]

XMLMania,

Unless I'm corrected by wiser heads here, I don't think it matters. You code is fine.

[DerekH]

I've not particularly got a wiser head, but I've been down this road!
I put <H1>s on all my pages, with a class to make them fit my house style, and I believe that in my particular case the change was noticeably to the good of my rankings, as compared to just using plain text made larger by CSS.

DerekH

[athinktank]

you should be fine as long as your css does not make the text hidden, same as the back ground or un readable. just format to keep the theme, just as DerekH said, you should be fine.

[XMLMania]

Nice one!