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H tags - Identical formatting

by JakeM1
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I've got a website in which the design is very clean and minimalistic.

I'm considering implementing H tags to get some extra Google points.

In order to keep the clean look however, I'm going to change my coding so that H1 tags and H2 tags display identically on the page (same font, font size etc).

Will Google just see that I have different H tags and reward me for it, even though to anyone viewing the website, they won't actually be able to see a difference between the two titles?
#formatting #identical #tags
  • Profile picture of the author biznics
    I know where you are going with it and it is absolutely not recommended. Use heading tags naturally; without playing too much with CSS. Make sure to keep font text and size different for each Heading Tag. If H1 has 22pt, then make H2 18pt or something less than the H1.

    I am assuming you will be using more than one heading in a single page. If so, then make the first heading as H1 and after that, tag headings with the H2 tag.

    Hope it helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author paulgl
    I have seen no need to fiddle with the browser default for h1, h2, etc. settings.
    They were not meant to be changed to begin with. Why people css themselves
    into oblivian is beyond me.

    Basic h1, h2, etc. is best.

    If you really, really want them the same, why not use two h1's? There's nothing wrong
    with that if your webpage requires it.

    People mix up what heading tags are actually for, and were invented for. Going back
    to the original definition in this case is best.

    As far as extra points, if you are getting good mileage out of your page now,
    muddling it up may work against you.

    A true minimalist approach would be to use <b>, <strong>, etc. as a signal.

    Looking for some google "reward" is counter productive.

    Paul
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    • Profile picture of the author JakeM1
      Thanks for the replies.

      I've actually spent months playing around with the CSS for this website and as much as I love the design I've ended up with, as well as the fact it's quite unique, some days it has driven me insane! An example would be spending a day trying to work out why every font I uploaded looked identical. I then found out I had to clear the cache in Chrome for it to show!

      I wanted the website I created to really represent a brand and so that's why I've got into so much detail with set colours, fonts, layouts etc. as I can now tie the same ones across to my invoices, social media etc.

      Back to the h-tags: So far, I've only been using H1's and H2's although sometimes I don't see the point of H1's as the menu item for the page selected changes to blue when you're on that page and sort of acts as a permanent title.

      I think I might just stick to H2's for the rest of the page, as then they will be the right font and size, as long as having H2's without an H1 doesn't hurt my site?
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by JakeM1 View Post

    I've got a website in which the design is very clean and minimalistic.

    I'm considering implementing H tags to get some extra Google points.

    In order to keep the clean look however, I'm going to change my coding so that H1 tags and H2 tags display identically on the page (same font, font size etc).

    Will Google just see that I have different H tags and reward me for it, even though to anyone viewing the website, they won't actually be able to see a difference between the two titles?
    That's fine & nothing wrong with styling a page how you want the page to look. Style your <h> tags however you want.

    The whole point of CSS is to customize the style of a webpage.

    I have no idea why people are getting paranoid over CSS.
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    • Profile picture of the author JakeM1
      That's great news.

      Being a design based website, I'm probably having to think about custom changes more than someone would with a blog in which the main focus is text based articles.
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      • Profile picture of the author Dr los3
        Yeah man sounds good to me! Although this may or may not just be a theory, but font weight and size may play a small part in the seo score game. How far you want to take this into your own method is up to you.
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