Headings

Posted on 20/08/10186 views.

Headings are important in HTML documents.

HTML Headings

Use HTML headings for headings only. Don’t use headings to make text BIG or bold.

Search engines use your headings to index the structure and content of your web pages.

Since users may skim your pages by its headings, it is important to use headings to show the document structure.

H1 headings should be used as main headings, followed by H2 headings, then the less important H3 headings, and so on.

Headings are defined with the <h1> to <h6> tags.

<h1> defines the largest heading. <h6> defines the smallest heading.

Example

<h1>This     is a heading</h1>

<h2>This is a heading</h2>

<h3>This is a heading</h3>

Note: Browsers automatically add an empty line before and after a heading. This is called a Deprecated attribute.

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