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PinPine · 06-21-2007, 07:49 AM

quick seo question.

If I use and H1 tag, the text will big, bigger than the rest. Is is allowed by search engines to make the h1 font size smaller? of will your site get penalised?

Hammer · 06-21-2007, 08:17 AM

Yes, use CSS to make the heading look the way you want. Google will still see it as an H1 tag.

PinPine · 06-21-2007, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by The Hammer

Yes, use CSS to make the heading look the way you want. Google will still see it as an H1 tag.

Thnx, but lets say i define the h1 tag with: display:none; will google also still read it, or will they notice it that it has been tagged with display none?

Want to hide my H1

scouser · 06-21-2007, 11:56 AM

best not to use display:none as thats obvious that you're trying to "spam" that keyword/phrase.

but really, you should have whatever keyword you're targetting as text somewhere anyway, so it shouldnt be too hard to just make it the correct size.

Hammer · 06-21-2007, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by PinPine

Thnx, but lets say i define the h1 tag with: display:none; will google also still read it, or will they notice it that it has been tagged with display none?

Want to hide my H1

I don't believe in cheating to get traffic.

PinPine · 06-21-2007, 02:04 PM

Decided not to cheat, and just modified the size of the H1

bonkerz2007 · 06-21-2007, 04:48 PM

all of the engines check for those type of tricks. even down to checking font color against backgrounds. tiny fonts are flagged as well

PinPine · 06-21-2007, 04:51 PM

Nice stuff to know, cause I did a google on this kinda stuff an some forms said it didn't matter :s. But my h1 is 12 px now

donborno · 06-23-2007, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by PinPine

Nice stuff to know, cause I did a google on this kinda stuff an some forms said it didn't matter :s. But my h1 is 12 px now

Simple proof: Elements formatted with display: none don't appear in the Google cache version.

Btw, it's not a good idea to set the font size using px. Rather use em or %.

PinPine · 06-23-2007, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by donborno

Simple proof: Elements formatted with display: none don't appear in the Google cache version.

Btw, it's not a good idea to set the font size using px. Rather use em or %.

Why does % differ from px ? just curious

kingloo · 06-23-2007, 06:20 PM

Do not try to trick the search engines. They will always figure it out. H1 tags are key regarding SEO, but if you do something sneaky, the SEs will figure it out.

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06-21-2007, 11:56 AM	#4
scouser marketer. Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: bcn Posts: 2,280	best not to use display:none as thats obvious that you're trying to "spam" that keyword/phrase. but really, you should have whatever keyword you're targetting as text somewhere anyway, so it shouldnt be too hard to just make it the correct size.

06-21-2007, 04:48 PM	#7
bonkerz2007 Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 794	all of the engines check for those type of tricks. even down to checking font color against backgrounds. tiny fonts are flagged as well

06-23-2007, 06:20 PM	#11
kingloo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: San Diego Posts: 22	Do not try to trick the search engines. They will always figure it out. H1 tags are key regarding SEO, but if you do something sneaky, the SEs will figure it out.