Changing <H1> tags

Neil Wardyn · #1 (**permalink**) 01-24-2002, 04:09 PM

I am trying to use a syle sheet or a <style> tag to change my <H1> tags. I heard that it really helps in some search engines. The problem I am having is that I always get a blank line before and after the tag. Everything in the <stlyle> tag or style sheet works, it just puts extra lines in there. I found a way around it by using a table and the <td> tags, but I would rather not use a table if at all possibe. Can anyone help me? I want this line to show up all as one font and size.

Here is my text with my <h1>keyword</h1> in the h1 tag.

Allen · #2 (**permalink**) 01-24-2002, 05:11 PM

Hi Neil,

To the best of my knowledge, using an <h> tag will always put a break before the copy.

I suggest using a <div class="blah">copy</div>. You can also use the class within a span, p or table tag. This should fix your problem.

As for the search engines, what you are saying used to be true but I am not sure it is still the case. I will ask some of my search engines bud***s and get back with you.

Thanks,
Allen

Till · #3 (**permalink**) 01-25-2002, 03:38 AM

Hi Neil!

Quote:

Originally posted by Neil Wardyn
I am trying to use a syle sheet or a <style> tag to change my <H1> tags. I heard that it really helps in some search engines. The problem I am having is that I always get a blank line before and after the tag. Everything in the <stlyle> tag or style sheet works, it just puts extra lines in there. I found a way around it by using a table and the <td> tags, but I would rather not use a table if at all possibe. Can anyone help me? I want this line to show up all as one font and size.

Here is my text with my <h1>keyword</h1> in the h1 tag.

I haven't heard about <h1> influencing your ranking, but if you want search engines to "notice" you, just put the "description" (from the meta tags) somewhere on your page. For example:

Code:

<meta name="description" content="This page is about Meta Tags">

And somewhere in the <body>:

Code:

<!-- This page is about Meta Tags -->

Of course that's not everything there's to it. META tags are not some kind of magic, there's a lot more.

We'll have a new improved article (tutorial) on meta tags and searchengines up soon. If you want I would notify you once it's available to the public.

Best regards,

_till

dabdinoor · #4 (**permalink**) 02-28-2006, 09:32 AM

H1 tags do indeed influence your pagerank on certain search engines. Some factors that are ranked higher than H1 include the page title, page filename, and domain name. Meta tags are also a good place to put keywords, but they are less influential due to those who fill them with hundreds of innacurate keywords, having one or two keywords in your page filename and H1 tags is a good idea.

Now to answer your question, H1, and all other H tags have an implied line-break. To overcome this you simply need the following CSS rule:
h1 {
display: inline;
}

You may also be referring to the large Margin and Padding that surrounds H tags, varying by text size. To overcome those, use these rules:
h1 {
margin: 0;
padding:0;
}