Query about Labels and H1 Tags in VB.NET

quick question.

[kolin]

i'm trying to get more H1 tags into my website.

i have some ascx code the has a label that was filled with the product name like this:

<asp:label id="ProductName" Runat="server">

I have then stuck it between <h1> tags like so:

<h1 Class="BBProductTitle"><asp:label id="ProductName" Runat="server"></H1>

The source code then shows:

<H1 class="BBProductTitle"><span id="dnn_ctr431_ProductPage_ProductName">Turquoise Tankini</span></h1>

my question is, are search engines picking this up as a H1 tag, and is the span class affecting it in any way?

Thanks

[mattglet]

I don't have an answer to your SE question, but if you're absolutely worried about it you change the Label to a Literal and have this as your product name (in your code-behind):

ProductName.Text = "<h1 Class=""BBProductTitle"">" & ProductNameVariable & "</h1>"

[sharbel]

Like the above poster, i am not 100% sure it matter either, however you *are* using the wrong server control IMHO. A Label inherits from WebControl so that you have all the styling and formatting options that WebControl offers (bleh). Your situation is better served with a Literal control which inherits from Control (lighter weight with none of the fancy (and useless) styling options of WebControl. Moreover, Literal controls do not wrap the Text property in a Span the way a Label does...

[Easy_Coder]

Why not just do this?

<h1 Class="BBProductTitle" Runat="Server"></H1>

[kolin]

i'm editting the source code of an existing VB.Net implemented E-Commerce software, in order to customise it, so i'm trying to remove a lot of the 'Shrapnel' that appears, as well as code in some SEO techniques that i feel need to be in there.

I would replace with a literal, but i don't really have the time at this point to try and sift through all the code to find where the text value is pulled from.

[venton]

You could put the <H1> and </H1> tag into the text of the label itself.

It would render as

<span id="dnn_ctr431_ProductPage_ProductName"><h1 class="BBProductTitle">Turquoise Tankini<h1>/span>

This would be better for seo IMO

[Jimmy Turnip]

venton:
I don't think <span id="dnn_ctr431_ProductPage_ProductName"><h1 class="BBProductTitle">Turquoise Tankini<h1>/span> is valid markup - you shouldn't wrap a block level element (<h1>) in an inline element (<span>).

A literal would be a better idea. You should only have to change the definition in the code.

[edited by: Jimmy_Turnip at 11:56 am (utc) on Oct. 26, 2006]

[Easy_Coder]

I still don't understand why you just don't run the H1 tag at the server and ditch the span all together. You can fix this in no time at all.

[carguy84]

Second what Easy_Coder said, but regardless, just use this:

<h1 Class="BBProductTitle"><asp:literal id="ProductName" Runat="server"></H1>

[Easy_Coder]

The span is the result of a label control on the front end, so once you adjust the h1 or use the literal (either way)... then just ditch the Label Control.