Images in H1 Tags are a bad idea
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But my images are important
Having text in you H1 and only having one H1 per webpage is important. We know this is true, yet we have seen websites, large and small, popular and obscure do things that are less than advantageous to themselves. If you have found yourself in this boat, here are the best SEO practices for those images - don't miss this SEO opportunity.
Why text in H1 and why only one H1
The idea we have mentioned in our article How H1 and Other Headings Help SEO is:
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It is key that you use only text in your one and only one H1 header. There are ways that you can be better found if you use your keywords in that H1 header.
If you get it right, you will be ahead of others
We know this is true, yet we have seen website, large and small, popular and obscure do things wrong.
- We have seen images in repeated H1s as fancy headers
- Find examples
- We have seen logo images in H1s
<h1><a href="/"><img src="/_img/logo.gif" alt="Home" width="225" height="60" /></a></h1>
Have you done this? - put an image in an H1 header? Was it your logo or other images to visually work within the page?
Here are best SEO practices for images
- What should do people do with images if not put them in headings
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