Re: h1, h2 and search engines

From: Murray (forums_at_HAHAgreat-web-sights.com)
Date: 11/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:12:44 -0500

These tags have semantic meaning. SE's (read about it at
http://www.searchenginewatch.com) are sensitive to semantic markup like
<h1>, <h2>, and <title>, since they likely wrap key information about the
page's content.

Of course, there would be no way to AUTOMATICALLY place these tags. In my
experience and based on my reading, it *is* a grand idea to have some on
every page, and you would need to do that yourself. 

-- 
Murray
"Andrew Murray" <SPAMadBUSTERmurray@iinet.net.au> wrote in message 
news:4199cae4$0$25761$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
> They are heading-size tags <h1> is 12 pt, <h2> is 14pt and so on - what 
> good
> will they do in search engines?
> can you give the reference of what you read, so somone can clarify it.
>
> As far as I know, those heading-size tags have nothing do do with search 
> engines,
> nor will they help your site placement or ranking in a search engine.
>
>
> "Jane Here" <cibhere@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:e4lXSN7yEHA.1932@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> I remember reading somewhere that one should have <h1></h1> and <h2></h2>
>> tags for better search engine results. I notice that FP does not create
>> these automatically. Should these be added by hand, or is there a tool 
>> which
>> would help to add them quickly to all pages.
>>
>> Also, what sort of information should I have in h1, then in h2, and how 
>> far
>> down should I go - h6?
>>
>> Should I put them on every page?
>>
>> Any tips or suggestions on this topic will be welcome. I am ready to
>> implement this now and before I start I thought I would ask the experts.
>>
>>
>
>

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