IS Hyperlink of <H1> tag called spamming!

is it spamming to hyperlink <h1> without blue underline

[aravindgp]

Hi
I was wondering if hyperlinking of <h1> tag helps.And then if I hyperlink <h1> without the actually showing it in terms of color blue with underline.Is this called Spamming?

Please clarify?
Arvind

[korkus2000]

Depends on how you use it but I would say no. If you are styling the h1 to be hidden and linked then yes, but if it is for the benifit of the user I would not see a problem.

I really don't see taking the text decoration off links as an issue. Many sites do it without any trouble.

[aravindgp]

Thanks korkus2000,
It took me away from the big worry.
Till date I didnt do anything spammy .
But I was suddenly worried that this might end up unknowingly.

With Regards
Aravind

[willybfriendly]

"<h1> is the HTML tag for the first-level heading of a document.

"The title is generally duplicated in an <h1> element towards the top of the page. Unlike the title, this element can include links, emphasis and other HTML phrase elements.

"Often, webmasters will use an <h2> element instead, to make the heading smaller. This is incorrect, Cascading Style Sheets should be used to create this effect."

Per W3C guidelines. In other words, you can use links, and you can change appearance via CSS. I would hope that the SE's do not penalize for following recommendations from W3C

WBF

[fathom]

And then if I hyperlink <h1> without the actually showing it in terms of color blue with underline.Is this called Spamming?

You should remember that:

1. H1 Element adds weight to the page the element resides on.

2. A link adds weight to the page being "link to" and not really the page the link is on.

Thus if your purpose is to create a higher importance and relevance of the page in question - having other pages with a link to this one will produce the desired effect.

[darkroom]

It certainly wouln't be spamming! However, i cannot recall any major use of using hyperlink in H1 tags. H1 is used for heading purposes. No one uses hyperlinks in headings. Atleast i've never seen any. Also remember that Google wants a simple and ordinary site. I don't think that using hyperlink in h1 is a good tactic.

[Macguru]

>>IS Hyperlink of <H1> tag called spamming!

Is spreading mustard on a rock called a fish?

Too much guys are looking for a magic bullet. A good job requires a lot more work than it was 7 years ago.

[topr8]

not spamming at all,

many people use h1,h2,h3 links and there is no reason that a heading cannot also be a link - even for the document structure purists - then it is reasonable that a heading could be a relevant heading on a page but also link to another page with even more related information.

we actually use h elements as links sometimes as it also helps to define the importance of the link visually on the page, especially in a directory type structure -
the link to the main category would be bigger than to the subcats, which would be bigger than to the sub-sub-cats.