<H1> tag question and ....

A quick question about H1 tag and use of "-"

[majl53]

Does it make any difference in listing H1 and H2 tags as follows:
text1 - text2 - text 3
or
text1, text2, text3
or
Our site is about text1, text2 and text3.

I use the first one on both H1 and H2 (different words) but wondered if I'm getting helped, hurt or no difference with search listings. Also a competitor is using a - (dash) as his first character in all his <title> tag and getting consistently higher rankings. Any thoughts on that? Thanks.

[tedster]

No, I can't see how the punctuation used inside H tags would make any difference - especially the simple change from a comma to a hyphen. If you feel it may be playing in, it would certainly be an easy enough test to try.

And with title tags, I think your competition's higher rank is most likely due to other factors, especially their inbound links and anchor text.

[hp11]

I agree. I also can't see how punctuation used inside an H1 or H2 tag would make any difference with rankings. I would just ensure that they are visually appealing for my visitors.