Changing the h1 tag on 200k+ indexed pages

Will it affect rankings?

[Mikey85]

Hi,

I was wondering if I remove 1 non-relevant keyword out of the H1-tag on more then 200.000 indexed pages, will that have a negative impact on my google rankings?

For example:

Offer: Mercedes SLK 200 year 2000

If I remove "Offer:"

[longen]

As a short term measure you could change it to:
Mercedes SLK 200 year 2000 Offer

[Mikey85]

Will that have any affect on my google rankings? Positive/Negative

[g1smd]

It will change "something". You should test it on a small number pf pages and see what change it does have.

Who cares about 'rankings'? You should be looking at 'traffic'.

[longen]

Will that have any affect on my google rankings?

It means that the content of the H1 stays the same but you rank more for "Mercedes" rather than "Offer".

[Mikey85]

Ain't it better to remove "offer" out of the h1? Or is the risk lower when I move it to the end of the h1 title?

[Mikey85]

hmm, correction, the title with "offer" in is my H2-title, the H1 title is already without the "offer" in...

[longen]

It might be best to make changes over time, but in the meantime at least "Offer" is moved out of the way.