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What are H1, H2 & so on in web design?

by Darells
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Sorry for the stupid question, but I notice that we talk about a lot about the importance of have the right words or title in H1 or H2. What exactly does this mean what is the relevance of it? I'm trying to build my own web site but don't have much experience in the field.
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  • Profile picture of the author wayfarer
    Heading elements, in other words, like headlines in a newspaper.
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    • Profile picture of the author JackTheLad
      H1 tags are simply "Heading" tags from HTML.
      H2 tags are smaller headings and the trend continues with H3, H4, H5 etc.

      Side Note:
      H1 tags can help your search engine optimisation tactics (SEO) too.
      The common consesus at the moment is that if you want to improve your ranking for a certain keyword phrase, use a short and keyword rich H1 tag - but make sure that it reads like normal English. Use this type of H1 Tag only once per page, and you may see a slight increase in your page rankings. No guarantees though, as search engine algorithms are constantly changing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Richard Whyte
    H1, H2 are tags used in HTML (web pages design language) to change the size of your words on the screen....

    I suggest you go to w3schools.com and look at the HTML reference on the right hand side. If you open the reference, you will see a list of the tags available to you when you are designing with HTML....

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  • Profile picture of the author Jason Clay
    Before the successful creation and implementation of Cascading Style Sheets, H1 - H6 were used to change the size of the text. Nowadays the heading tags are used for markup and SEO purposes only and should not be used to change the size of text.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sumit Menon
    You seem to be a newbie with HTML.

    Take the Free HTML Course at tizag.com.

    It's really nice.

    BTW, to your question - They are header elements.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jose_marry
    Originally Posted by Darells View Post

    Sorry for the stupid question, but I notice that we talk about a lot about the importance of have the right words or title in H1 or H2. What exactly does this mean what is the relevance of it? I'm trying to build my own web site but don't have much experience in the field.
    The H tags are heading tags that format your text into headings. H1 is the most prominent (largest), H2 the second, and so forth. You need to mind the content of each heading tag, it's probably a good idea. What he is essentially saying is that the search engines look to these tags for relevant meaning for SEO. Don't fill them with junk, essentially. I would advise you to take help from web design tool like Topagentsite which is specifically designated for real estate investment.
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