Search Engine Discussion
Value of H1 Tags

I'm doing some revamping, fixing W3c and stuff and at the same time trying to optimize keywords and so on.

Much of our site is still being changed over to using more CSS so I have lots of inline span tags ATM. As I go I'm slowly changing these to CSS. - Whew

I'm also changing many headings to a CSS H1,2,3 etc (I know shoudda started that way, but, I'm a learnatic) These things weren't obvious at the time cos I didn't know I could edit the tag :) and now its a case of fixing.

The guts of my question: does a H1,2,3 etc tag appear of more "value" to a SE than a simple inline span style. ie does a SE "hunt" headings preferably to text. Read Replies

Posted by: Gregse View Post | Click To Comment

Search Engine Discussion
Linking to Yourself

I saw a site recently that was ranking very well in the serps which had all it's keywords linking back to itself (it was probably doing wonders for its allinanchor:keyword results!)

The keywords themselves were disguised so that you couldn't see the anchor text until you ran your mouse over the phrases.

I've done it my site and have hit number 1 for the key words I'm targeting. (yay).

So, of course the question is, has anyone else tested this to see if it works as an SEO technique? Does Google take a dim view of a crazy amount of optimised linking going on within a page back to itself, or does it make no difference? Should I pull my head in and not risk it? Read Replies

Posted by: Christof View Post | Click To Comment