I am working on a joomla site that has SEF enabled. The current page's h1 tag is hyperlinked back to the current location.
From an SEO perspective, what are your thoughts?
tedster
4:43 pm on Aug 18, 2010 (gmt 0)
This is something very common in several CMSs, so I'd say it's not harmful in any serious way - but it's not helpful either.
Many content management systems have a default that chains the H1 tag to several things - including the title and often the self-referential link you describe. This is a missed opportunity, in my view, because an independent H1 is useful for creating a solid headline that expands on the title element - and a self link tends to siphon off a bit of page rank in a foolish way.
