Using Correct Heading Tags For SEO On Your Pages

Using correct heading tags throughout your pages is not just good for SEO, but it is also good for general website building. It is how you are supposed to structure your web pages regardless of whether it improves your position in the search engines or not. Using the correct headings is going to get you ranked better in Google, it shows to them that you have took notice of there Webmaster Guidelines and you have considered the usability of your website (something that alot of people forget about). Here is how your page should be structured…

• <h1>Main Title</h1>
  • <h2>Sub title of h1</h2>
  • <h2> Sub title of h1</h2>
    • <h3>Sub title of h2</h2>
    • <h3>Sub title of h2 </h2>
      • <h4>Sub title of h3</h4>

This should continue consistently throughout your website. The more headings with your primary and secondary keywords you have and the more useful they are to the user, the more likely it is that Google or other search engines will realise this and award you accordingly.

However you should not abuse heading tags. If you are using heading tags just to style text then you are using them wrong. You could be sacrificing the usability and your positions in the search engines if they catch on. If you just remember to yourself that your html should accurately represent the structure of your page and remember to stay clear of tables… then you should be fine.

You may not need to use all the heading tags on one page, but if you feel that you need to, I hope this article has helped you understand the correct use of heading tags.