Google Says: H1 Heading Are Good But Not Necessary

In the virtual world of the internet, an ideal search engine always understands what you need and gives back exactly what you want. For online users, the search engine allows them to access a browser through their devices (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.) there are many search engines are available on the web such as Bing, DuckDuckGo, Wiki.com, Twitter, and the most popular one Google.

According to Digital Marketing Professionals, Google is the most popular search engine used for searching across all platforms also handling more than 5.4 billion searches every single day. Nowadays, every online business is having the same objective that they will get a rank on the first page of the Google Search Page. According to the SEO specialists, Google updates its ranking algorithms almost every day which affects the ranks on Google search pages.

Recently Google’s Webmaster Trends Analyst John Mueller said that “H1 tags are useful but not critical. There’s no limit, neither upper nor lower bound and your site is going to rank perfectly fine with no H1 tags or with five H1 tags.”

That means a title is not more a necessary part to upload any information or content. In simple words, it is good to place a title or h1 Heading tag in your content, but it is not an essential part anymore for your content.

Role of H1 in SEO

Every single post or content contained at least one or more heading that will help the reader to understand the main goal behind posting the content. The h1 HTML tag is commonly used as a title of any content or it is found as a header visible on the top of your webpage. Because of this the formatting of an h1 tag always differs from other header tags such as h2, h3, h4, etc. 

According to Search Engine Optimization experts, adding an H1 heading can help you to categorize or label it with a meaningful title that works as a single-line definition of your whole content or page. If you will include a keyword in h1 header then, it works as an icing on the cake for SEO optimization. This strategy is used in the early 2000’s, but nowadays the situation and strategies has also got updated.

Is H1 tag actually helps to convey page structure?

John Mueller also said that heading tags are useful for outlining the page structure so that a user can understand the fundamental or table of content easily and intuitively. I also agree with him and as per my point of view, a well implemented heading strategy can be a good way to present the concept or goal behind your page.

If you want that your visitors will easily recognize “what a webpage or content is having?” then what you need is a properly planned h1 header tag. A well strategized header can helps to break the scenario of a drowning page of text, making it easier to read.

So here are a long discussion about the good things and bad things about using H1 heading tags for your webpages and content. As John said h1 header can help new users to gain interest in your pages, but it is not an essential part of it. If you want to include it in your webpage or content then, you can consult with the experts of ProICT LLC. You can consult with them not only for H1 headers, for other Digital Marketing or IT related services too.