Search Engine Optimizing H1 Header Tags

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Search Engine Optimizing H1 Header Tags

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Started 1 year ago by Contemporu
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Contemporu
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Hello!

Still loving the theme, but I wanted to know how well SEO (search engine optimized) this theme was...more specifically, how to get the H1 tags to include my keyword on my site's homepage (which is not my blog, but a static page) and also have H1 tags on my blog frontpage.

I viewed the source code on my site homepage and blog frontpage and no where does an H1, or even H2 or H3 tag exist. The first header tag I see is H4 and then H5.

How can I get some H1 tags to show up? As well as some H2 and H3s?

However, each of the individual post pages have H1 tags, which are whatever the title of the blog post is.

Thanks!

Posted 1 year ago #
vfxdude
admin

for pages with the "no sidebar" page template you add h1 tags yourself. for the default page template a h1 heading can be shown automatically if wished ("Use the name as heading in pages (default template)" setting).

Title tags are automatically added with the bf_title function, and meta tags (description and keywords) are added with bf_title (in library/function/theme-functions.php).

I the latest version (to be released soon) I have added fields in pages/posts to add custom title and meta tags. You can use a seo plugin instead to add this too, like headspace2 or all in seo pack (disable the dynamic title and meta tags in the theme settings if you are using a plugin instead).

Post titles on the blog frontpage/archives/search are h2 (and the site title is h1), and this is reversed on single posts (this is by seo recommendation). Page templates like portfolio/photoblog/thumbnails also lists the posts with title as h2. You add h2/h3 tags to the posts yourself, as sub headlines.

Posted 1 year ago #
Contemporu
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Thanks!

My site homepage is a static Wordpress page that uses the "no sidebar" page template. You said to add H1 tags myself to "no sidebar" pages...but how do I add it myself?

Should I just go into the page and type < h1 >Whatever Title< /h1 > (obviously without the spaces)? If I do that, yes, I do get the correct H1 tag...but then it messes up the layout/design/look of my site homepage completely...

Is there a way to have my sitename (which is the keyword I want in the H1 tag for my site homepage) be automatically put into H1 tags for my site homepage? I tried going into the theme settings and did not check the box for "Show the sitename." I had hoped that this would make the sitename be "invisible" to people viewing my site, but have my sitename still show up in H1 tags in the code. However, it seems like the H1 tags do not even exist at all right now for my site homepage when I do not check the "Show the sitename" box.

Even if I DO check the "Show the sitename" box in Theme Settings...then my sitename appears at the top of my site, but there are STILL no H1 tags in the source code for my site homepage. So...not sure how to fix this?

Also, you said that the blog frontpage uses the sitename/title for H1 and post titles for H2...but when I go to my blog frontpage which uses the "Blog Posts" page template (my blog frontpage is different than my site homepage by the way) I see that there are no H1 tags at all. I have the "Show the sitename" option un-checked (so it's disabled) in Theme Settings, if that makes a difference.

How can I make the blog frontpage use my sitename as H1?

When I go into the individual post pages, I see that the H1 tags are my post title...but the H2 tags are for my sidebar headings...my sitename does not exist anywhere in any header tags (not H1 nor H2). How can I make my sitename show up as H2 for individual post pages?

Also, I cannot find the "use the name as heading in pages" setting for the default template?

Posted 1 year ago #
Contemporu
Member

Hello...still haven't heard back about how to get H1 tags for these two pages:

My site homepage has no H1 tags at all...it uses a static Wordpress page ("no sidebar" page template). I could manually add H1 tags, but then it messes up the design and visual layout of my site homepage. Is there a way, without going into advanced CSS stuff to have the H1 tag for my site homepage be my sitename in the code, but be "invisible" to human visitors?

Even if I enable "Show sitename" in the Theme settings, it still does not give me H1 tags for my site homepage.

My blog frontpage also has no H1 tags at all...it uses the "Blog Posts" template. (You mentioned that "Blog Posts" template should have the sitename as H1 tag, and post titles as H2 tags. Well, I do have the H2 tags correctly, but H1 tags simply don't seem to exist at all in the code.)

Thanks!

Posted 1 year ago #
vfxdude
admin

you add h1 tags in the page editor (html editor). The site title is h1 on the blog frontpage.

Posted 1 year ago #
Contemporu
Member

Hmm...I still have no H1 tags on my blog frontpage. Here, take a look: http://theinternetmarketingtools.com/blog/

Also, I know I can add H1 tags to my site homepage through the page editor (HTML editor), but it messes up the layout of my page...so my question is if there is any way to have my site homepage have H1 tags but don't ruin the layout of my site homepage?

http://theinternetmarketingtools.com/ <-- that is my site homepage. Notice how it has no H1 tags at all either, and if I add H1 tags manually, the whole page design will be ruined...so how can I still add H1 without ruining my layout?

Thank you!

Posted 1 year ago #
vfxdude
admin

before it was usual to add small text and hidden stuff, but that is not recommended anymore, since the search engines ban such cheating. The best way is to add real content, and if that does not fit into the design, then it probably should be reconsidered, if seo is important. If you show the sitename ("Show the Sitename" theme setting) in the header (this is the Blog Title in general settings) you will have a H1 on the blog frontpage. So maybe using that instead of the logo, or in a combination with a smaller logo is the best way to go.

it must also be added the search engine traffic does not come to the blog frontpage, but through long keyword saturated relevant articles.

Posted 1 year ago #
Contemporu
Member

True, I understand that hidden things to "cheat" might not be the best way to go.

However, even if I "show the sitename" in theme settings, it still does not put it in H1 tags for me on my site homepage. (It does not give H1 tags for my blog frontpage either).

You can view the source code of my site here:
http://theinternetmarketingtools.com/ (that's my site homepage)
http://theinternetmarketingtools.com/blog/ (my blog frontpage)

I've "showed the sitename" as you can see this time, but still no H1 tags for either page.

And as far as the blog frontpage goes for SEO...well, you can SEO any page for any keyword. So while people may discover the relevant articles with long saturated keywords, it will probably be the single post view for those articles that are SEO-d for those keywords.

But if I also want my blog frontpage to be SEO-d for a particular keyword, it helps to have that keyword in H1 tags on the blog frontpage.

I would like both my site homepage and my blog homepage to have H1 tags for my site name.

Can you show me how to do that? Thanks!

Posted 1 year ago #
vfxdude
admin

you are using the blog posts page template instead of the normal blog and the sitename is h2 for all pages, since separate headings can be added (should only be one H1). If you want to change it you can do so in theme-functions.php (in library/functions). Search for "h2 class" and remove the "|| is_page()" on the line above. This sets the sitename to H1 on all pages, but not on the single article view.

Posted 1 year ago #
Contemporu
Member

Thanks very much, I appreciate it!

What is the difference between "Default Template" and "Blog Posts" template?

When I change to the "Default Template" for my blog frontpage, it messes up my layout...however, it does finally add H1 tags...but it is H1 for the word "Blog" (still no H1 tags for my sitename, even though I have enabled "Show the sitename" under Theme Settings).

I only see Theme Functions (functions.php) but no theme-functions.php. There is no h2 class nor the line are telling me to delete. Where are this located?

Here is a picture of the code:

Posted 1 year ago #
Contemporu
Member

Here is what I'm trying to achieve:

H1 tag for my sitename on:
-site homepage ("no sidebar" template) - static Wordpress page
-blog frontpage ("blog posts" template) - static Wordpress page

*These are the only two pages I want the H1 tag to be my sitename

H1 tag for my post title on single article view

H1 tag for my page title for all individual pages, except for my site homepage and blog frontpage

Posted 1 year ago #
vfxdude
admin

I'm not talking about the deafult page template, but the default blog template (index.php). To use that one instead set the "settings - reading - Posts page" to that page you are now using for the blog posts (static page must be enabled). The deafult blog will show all categories though. There's no difference in the design of the blog posts page template and the default blog.

You find the theme-functions.php in the library/functions folder (as I wrote). If you need a coder, hire one.

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