is it good to use H1 or H2 in thread title?

[Seleno]

hello every one
i noticed that vbseo using H2 for thread title,
so what do you think about using H1 and H2 for thread title?
ppl says that google can see H1 better than normal font size title

what do you think?
do you use it in your forum?

[Joe Ward]

It's no so much about font size since CSS can be used to override the defaults. It's more about the structure as H1 indicates a top level heading, and H2, H3, etc. should only occur as sub-headings to a H1, and so forth.

The reason we use a H2 for our titles here is due to an experimental set-up in which our logo text is configured as the H1.

Your best approach for your forum is to use the H1 for your title as it is logically intended. If you want to change the size, don't do it by dropping to a H2 or H3 (for that reason). Just familiarize yourself with some CSS code and change the default font size (as well as other characteristics, if desired).

[Seleno]

thanx alot for replying,but you didn't tell me if it will bring more traffic or not
so H1 will rank my forum better in google and appear more in first pages?

i saw some forums adding the H1 title in the end of the thread also, so which better
in the top ,end, or top will be enough?

and can we add font color for the H1 also?

[security2009]

or play with RR they are big, relevant from the thread and enough big to support h2 h3

[Joe Ward]

Originally Posted by Seleno

thanx alot for replying,but you didn't tell me if it will bring more traffic or not
so H1 will rank my forum better in google and appear more in first pages?

i saw some forums adding the H1 title in the end of the thread also, so which better
in the top ,end, or top will be enough?

and can we add font color for the H1 also?

Yes - you can use CSS to change the font color, and ALL other characteristics for the H1 tag.

In general, SEO, provides advantages to you, helping to raise your pages ranking in the search engines.

Since using H1s for your titles is an extremely typical SEO strategy, it should certainly help you rank a bit better (particularly for keywords in your title) than if you choose NOT to use it.

However, in reality, H1s should be used for all main headings on every webpage. This was the original intention, so that it would clearly identify the elements of the content.

So the SEO advantage is not so much for *using* H1 tags, as it is for having a well structured document following the HTML standard.

Unless you are aware of some technique that proves results for adding H1 tags to the end of a document, I would not recommend this as it would NOT be considered a well structured document in terms of semantics.

[Trifletraxor]

I've seen a description of how to add H1 tags to the thread titles on Elf Mage's pages, but is this included in vBSEO allready? Or should I go ahead and make the change?

SGL.

[Future]

does not matters as practically experienced specially with h1 or h2 for thread titles, I will recommend h1 though only for thread titles and not using the same anywhere else throughout your webpage (on-page optmization).

[Trifletraxor]

But is it something I have to code (by. f.ex. following Elf Mage's instructions) or set in the vBSEO options, or is it set by default allready?

SGL.

[eJM]

I have tried to use a consistent and effective method of "guiding" the search spiders through my content. I understand that some search engines may have depreciated the value of some header tags, but I also feel some of that depreciation may be mitigated if I am consistent and the header tags follow the pattern they were intended to.

For me, the rule for the <h1></h1> tags is to use them for the the page title only (I am not referring to the document title, which is the <title></title> tags). I believe the page title should appear near the top of the page.

It may also be beneficial for the header tags to contain keywords and keyword phrases, which vBSEO helps you do quite nicely. Here are examples of the header tag use on my site (I think the images are too large to display on the vBSEO forum page, so I've linked to them instead):

Home Page screenshot
Forum Home screenshot
Forum Display screenshot
Show Thread screenshot

I am trying to do similar on all other pages accessible to spiders. I understand this is only a gamble that it may work, but I feel the odds are in my favor. Even if it doesn't work, I have really lost nothing but the little bit of time it has taken to set it up.

[class101]

Originally Posted by Trifletraxor

But is it something I have to code (by. f.ex. following Elf Mage's instructions) or set in the vBSEO options, or is it set by default allready?

SGL.

yes from what I have been searching you must include h1 h2 & h3 tags urself and add CSS definitions to them because default h tags are a bit uggly but I think it's good vbseo doesnt manage them because these tags are much for personals customizations

[Trifletraxor]

Originally Posted by class101

yes from what I have been searching you must include h1 h2 & h3 tags urself and add CSS definitions to them because default h tags are a bit uggly

Thanks, I'll go ahead and add h1 tags to the thread titles then, as that seems to be the most common.

How much used is h2 and h3 tags among the vBSEO users?

SGL.

[Trifletraxor]

can't seem to get it working with the instructions from elf mage.

anyone else who can point me to some instructions of how to tag the thread title with <h1> tags?

SGL.

[Jo Ke]

Hello,

How can I activate a H1 and a H2? I thought there should be something in the back end, but obviously I am not looking at the right place.

I would like to change the text to a H1 which changes on every page. This would be the forum name on the index and then the name of the individual tread. That should not be to hard, should it?

What should I use the H2 for?

Thanks for your help.

Cheers
Joe