: It looks like with HTML5 each page element can have its own H1 with the page hierarchy ranking the H1 in accordance with the other ones e.g. a H1 within the article tag might rank higher

@Barnes591

It looks like with HTML5 each page element can have its own H1 with the page hierarchy ranking the H1 in accordance with the other ones e.g. a H1 within the article tag might rank higher than one within the section tag. I have no idea what the impact would be of using HTML5 and multiple H1's now in a web build. I would assume the doc type should tell browsers not to punish the multiple HTML5 H1's?

With the addition of WAI-ARIA, not sure if this will impact SEO in the future, you can give more focus - for screen readers - to different elements on a page e.g. role="banner" would indicate the primary heading on a page (only one allowed per page), while role="heading" would indicate a sub header. If WAI-ARIA does start to have an impact on SEO in the future the roles might help give focus to the more important headings on a page.

Vote Up Vote Down

Login to post a comment!