Search engine optinization or SEO is a big subject to talk about, it covers multiple functions, such as H1 tag, those functions are decisive when it comes to ranking your site, or pages at the search engines such as Google or Bing… etc
People use H1 tag as a title, or a headline to make it easier and tidy for the reader, to know exactly what you are talking about. In this post you will learn more about the H1 tags, and the importance of it for your SEO rankings.
So What is the H1 tag?
writers usually use the H1 tag as a header, or title of a page or a blog post, it is an HTML tag and this is how it looks like inside an HTML code: example:
Hello World
the code should always be closed with a dash sign.
There different categories, of H tags ranging from H1 to H6, as we said above H1 is more a title, or main headline of a page, while the rest of the other H tags from 2 to 6 are more sub-titles, or sub-headings, the reader often finds your subject organized and fun to go through the subject.
So Why is the H1 tag is so important for your site SEO?
We can imagine it from another point of view, like the traditional news papers, when they put the most attracting headlines at the front page, to attract the readers to the subject, it is almost the same concept, and the search engines like Google understands that well, they want to lead the reader to what they are looking for. In reality, Search engines like Google use many algorithms, to decide wether that subject is appropriate to propose it the the visitor, amongst these algorithms is the H tags, and especially the H1 tag, Google checks if there is any keyword, the visitor is searching for at your H1 tag too, as a result, your topic or product might come up at the first page, that depends on, if you are taking into the consideration all the requirements, it is another subject where we will talk about On-Page-SEO checks in another topic.
How to create a good H1 Tag?
The best practice of using the h1 tag is to write a meaningful, and as much attractive H1 headings to catch the readers eyes, besides utilizing your important keywords in.
This works in two ways, first attract organic traffic using your special keyword, and once the page loads for the reader, then the H1 Heading gets the attention of the reader, this is exactly the technique I am using now on this subject, here is a clear example:
How to create a (YOUR KEYWORD)?
If you feel any confusion writing your own, or even don’t know how strong is your expression, then no worries, there are various plugins nowadays offered in WordPress, to help you write your perfect H tags one of the best is: AIOSEO, with this tool, it can measure how strong is your H1 heading, and give you an oversight on even how to use it in a text with a keyword, You can still enjoy a good quality on a free plan, so really no need to waste money at the beginning.
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