Philipp Lenssen wrote:
In article <10**************************@posting.google.com >,
pe*********@operamail.com says... Talk about snake-oil salesman. I've never read such a load of
b******s. There are plenty of websites explaining how to get good
search engine rankings. And using <H1> tags to suggest importance of
content appears on NONE of them!!
Maybe you didn't read a whole lot of search engine optimization websites
then, or the wrong ones. Structural markup (emphasis, headers) can
increase the weight given to words within them. However, by using CSS,
this issue is completely independent from the font-size.
I would suggest doing markup independent of search engines and applying
reasonable HTML/ CSS techniques. The rest is a matter of good content
and getting the word out. Then search engines will find their way too
and rank appropriately.
the question here is whether the OP is actually
accurately paraphrasing the advice given by the SEO
it could be that the SEO is giving the sensible advice to
use structured mark up with correct use of heading
tags...which not only helps with most search engines but
is generally useful in making the site usable by non-
visual means
putting large amounts of text in <h1> tags does not help
a site...it doesn't tell the SE what the site is
about...putting crucial headers in <h> tags helps to tell
the search engine what the site author thinks are the
most important things about the site...it helps the
search engine target the searches the site is appropriate
for...it gives the site owners well targeted traffic
you cannot successfully deal with search engines by
looking at searches as being some sort of large scale one
size fits all thing...SEO isn't about bringing the
maximum number of people to the site...that's just what
the scammers sell...good SEO is about feeding the search
engine bots well structured mark up and good content that
accurately tells the search engine what the site is
actually about so that it can be shown ONLY to those
people who actually want to see it
nothing that the OP describes is inconsistent with good
SEO advice...the vast majority of good SEO experts are
also proponents of well constructed and tidy mark up and
of high levels of accessibility
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eric
www.ericjarvis.co.uk
"Hey Lord don't ask me questions
There ain't no answer in me"