What is heading tags in SEO: Heading is very similar to the Title. In the beginning, of any content, we write heading. The main purpose of a heading is to explain what it’s about. We add keywords in headings because search engines index the heading keywords.

How to write heading in SEO

The Heading elements include h1, h2,h3, h4, h5, and h6.  H1 is a heading tag and we include keywords in h1 related to the post content and H2, H3, h4,h5 & h6 are subheadings in the post and we add keywords in all subheading also.

Heading and SEO subheading help users to understand easily.

Follow a hierarchical structure at the time of writing heading in a post

H1 is the first heading in a post. Google gives more importance to the first heading h1 after that least important to subheading h2,h3,h4,h5,h6.

First: H1

Second: H2

Third: H3

Fourth: H4

Fifth: H5

Sixth: H6

How many heading tags per page?

You can use up to 6 heading tags per page.

Can we use multiple h2 tags on a page?

For h1 use high ranking keywords and don’t create multiple h1 create only one h1 tag per page but you can use multiple h2 tags on a page if you have subtopics.  But I will suggest you use different keywords in subheading this will help in indexing of keywords in search engines.

How to use heading in WordPress Website

You can manually select the header h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 from the post or pages drop down menu. This is very important for every website owner to optimize header properly for search engines.

Highlight the text which you want to create heading for your post and click the drop-down menu and select any of the headings from 1 to 6.

How to use heading in Blogger.com Blog 

You can manually select the heading as a H1, Subheading as a H2 and Minor heading as a H3 from the post drop down menu.

Here you will get only 3 options to create heading for your blog post. Highlight the text which you want to create heading for your post and click the drop-down menu and select any of the headings.

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