Comments on: DIY SEO: Step 3 – Headings, Bold and Italics

By: George Karanastasis @ Get Her Back For Good

George Karanastasis @ Get Her Back For Good — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:26:38 +0000

That’s good advice. I was wondering though if you can use the H1 tag for the whole title and then an additional bold tag just for the keyword, that is part of the title? Visually this wouldn’t change anything, since the H1 tag already makes everything bold, but it could help you with your SEO. What do you think?

By: John Higgins

John Higgins — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:31:05 +0000

Some great tips thanks!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:57:55 +0000

Susan and Maya – I’m glad you’re finding these posts useful! Thanks for coming by!

By: Maya

Maya — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:16:37 +0000

Hi Suzanne,

Very useful suggestions. I knew this but have never really seen it so well explained. I really have to start using it on my posts.

I will go back and read all your posts in the series.

Thanks so much!

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By: Susan/Together We Flourish

Susan/Together We Flourish — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:29:41 +0000

I had no idea that the search engines cared about bold, italics and the size of headings for hierarchy. Every time I think I'm beginning to get a handle on this stuff, I find out just how much I don't know. Thank you for your posts. This is all very helpful information. Susan/Together We Flourish´s last blog post..Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council, Open Up a Life

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:29:56 +0000

Marelisa – you’re welcome! You’re not alone, believe me! And don’t even get me started on the things that I learn and then immediately do a V-8 slap over…! I think to myself, “Hello? Duh!! Where have you been??!!”

By: Marelisa

Marelisa — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:26:14 +0000

Can you believe I didn’t know you could create headers like that? I just went back and used H2 for the headers on one of my posts. Now I have to go back and do it for all of them. Thank you

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By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:23:36 +0000

Kathy,

By funky results, I assume you mean unexpected sizes? That’s just a fix in the CSS of the theme, so I wouldn’t put up with that for long.

However, this series is about SEO people can do for themselves (i.e. without the help of their programmer dude or dudette), so thanks for pointing it out on those two themes.

Suzanne

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:16:47 +0000

Emma,

How much is too much…bold and italics? I defer to how it looks for people reading it. If it looks like overkill on the bold and italics – then it probably is. The search engines will still pick up your keywords in your text, whether they’re bold, or italic, or not. Making them bold or italic simply gives emphasis, in much the same way it does for people.

How much is too much…use of keywords in your text? Stay tuned – that’s called ‘keyword density’, and it’s coming up in the series.

Thanks for a great question!
Suzanne

By: Kathy @ Virtual Impax

Kathy @ Virtual Impax — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:38:50 +0000

Just a note, SOME themes will only allow the use of H1 and H3 header tags. (Thesis and Revolution come to mind.) If you try using H2 or H6, you'll get funky results. Otherwise, spot on tip! Kathy @ Virtual Impax´s last blog post..The Name of the Game is Trust