HOW MANY H2 TAGS IN A PAGE?

7 years ago

You learned wrong.

How many subtitles does your content require? That's how many h2's you use.

Originally Posted by Blogging Majesty

Hi all,

I am going to start a blog. It is under process. I learned we should not use too much h1, h2, h3 ...tags in a post. because it will affect the seo. What about in the case of pages. I want to design a page of my blog with attractive headings and so on. But i am confused with the heading tag to get a gud look, i should have to use more h2 tags to design the page. Will it affect my site's SEO?

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TheDevloper

7 years ago

if you are making a WordPress template make H1 tags for post titles. per example
<H1><a href=""><php get_the_title?></a></H1>

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dave_hermansen

7 years ago

You can only have one H1 tag. You can have as many H2, H3, H4, etc. tags as you want or need to divide your pages or posts into logical segments. There is no such thing as too many H-tags unless you are putting them on your pages for no reason.

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tehdevloper 7 years ago

You can have as many of any kind of tag as you want.

I agree that one should be more concerned about their site looking like sh*t though. Changing text formatting or colors ever 3 words is just dumb. Yellow text on a while background is awesome though!

#sarcasm
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j280684

7 years ago

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dave_hermansen

7 years ago

Originally Posted by j280684

Everything dev_hermansen said above is wrong.

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Please enumerate exactly what it is that I said that was wrong, why it is wrong and what proof you have that it is wrong. This should be pretty entertaining ...

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DABK

7 years ago

Nah. You are, on the other hand, wrong in everything YOU said and in your approach to forums.

Originally Posted by j280684

Everything dev_hermansen said above is wrong.

Hack4Net

How can he/she/it/they? He/she/it/they know(s) nothing about nothing.

Originally Posted by dave_hermansen

Please enumerate exactly what it is that I said that was wrong, why it is wrong and what proof you have that it is wrong. This should be pretty entertaining ...

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Marcus W K Wong 7 years ago

I'm agreeing with you on this one dave_hermansen.

One H1 tag is all that is necessary. Google looks at this to try to contextualise the page's content and having more than one H1 tag can confuse Google.

For instance, you can have a "How To Boil An Egg" page, title using:

<h1>How To Boil An Egg</h1>

with first step as:

<h1>Go To The Shopping Mall</h1>
<p>Go to the nearest shopping mall and look for high quality eggs with the longest time until expiry. Be sure they're not cracked or warped.</p>

You've effectively put the first step of your content as equivalent value as your content title. This is why it's best to use H2 to wrap step two's heading and style them accordingly.

TLDR:
Have as many H2,H3,H4 variations as you want. The purpose of a H1 tag is to identify the page's purpose. H2, H3, H4 is for your subheaders (less important, but still identifying a purpose).

Not sure what tehdevloper and j280684 is referring to as wrong in this instance. I welcome them to challenge what I've mentioned.
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Corey Taylor

7 years ago

One h2 tag is enough for SEO value purposes. You don't have to overdo it. Quality and promotion matters the most.

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j280684

7 years ago

every time you need a heading or subheading. it helps search engines put context to the content. more tags that have meaning the better. <header> <footer> <article> <h1>, etc... read the HTML standard search engines understand content better

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yukon

Banned 7 years ago

Something like an FAQ page can easily have dozen/s of <h2> tags.

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SEONinjaa

7 years ago

According to the HTML and website structure rule we should follow the rules of using tags in hierarchy. Such as if we are redeveloping a website, then always use H2 for only a one time.Follow H1, H2 ,H3, H4, H5 and so on in format. It will give a quality result to your website.

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vedasait

7 years ago

Hi, You can put only one H1 tag. And remaining heading tags you can use many as your wish.

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frontlinee

7 years ago

There should be one H1 tag as it is the main heading of your webpage however there can be multiple H2, H3,.., and H6 tags. Well-designed layouts are preferred by search engines (i.e. good for the SEO). You can use as many H2 tags as you can as long as it doesn't change the hierarchy of your document (web page).

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mojoogden

7 years ago

AS long as you use H tags in the right way then you shouldn't have to worry about the number. However, it is best to only have H1 tag and then follow with H2... H3 and so on. I typically only use H1 and H2 tags. It makes an article easy to read and allows readers to find what they want quickly. I hope this helps. Good luck with your new website.

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Solutions Vibe

7 years ago

You can use different tags in different portions there is no such restriction so just go for it but keep in mind the semantics

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Kaarthik Shrivastav

7 years ago

I think not more than 2 h2 tags are required in the on-page. Even one would be sufficient.
If you have to use more tags then go with h4 tags. H2 tags are for sub-headlines and subtitles.

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josoftech

7 years ago

You are right, Header tags play a big role to SEO point of view. You should use H1, H2, H3 tags according search engines acceptance. On page single H1 tag, 2-3 H2 and 3-4 H3 tags is best practice.

Originally Posted by Blogging Majesty

Hi all,

I am going to start a blog. It is under process. I learned we should not use too much h1, h2, h3 ...tags in a post. because it will affect the seo. What about in the case of pages. I want to design a page of my blog with attractive headings and so on. But i am confused with the heading tag to get a gud look, i should have to use more h2 tags to design the page. Will it affect my site's SEO?

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dipika13

7 years ago

I think 2 or 3 h2 tags we can use

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decenthasoo

7 years ago

You can use one H1, one H2 .... tags a page if it is possible target keyword there

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James Clifton

7 years ago

Congratulations on your upcoming site! Using H2, H3 and H4 tags is a great way to divide your post into segments, which in turn helps you add clarity to your posts. If you want to learn more about H1, H2, H3 tags and so on, you can read this post: https://www.tmprod.com/blog/2010/h1-...-tags-for-seo/

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