: SEO strategy for h1, h2, h3 tags for list of items On a page on my website page I have a list of ALL the products on my site. This list is growing rapidly and I am wondering how to manage

@Carla537

DisgruntledGoat's answer is good, but I'd like to add an answer to a question you should've asked: How do I let Google recognize things like product names on my pages?

Actually, there are several ways to do that, but the one I'd recommend is microdata. For example, for your site you could use the Product and Offer schemas from schema.org, something like this:


<div class="listItem" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Product">
<a itemprop="url" title="Tannoy V4" href="/speakers/1/tannoy-v4">
<div class="left">
<img itemprop="image" width="173" height="130" alt="" src="images/small/TANNOY-V4.jpg">
</div>
<div class="mid">
<div class="title" itemprop="name">
<span itemprop="brand">Tannoy</span> <span itemprop="model">V4</span>
</div>
<div class="starRating" itemprop="aggregateRating" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/AggregateRating">
<img width="183" height="32" alt="Five Star Rating" src="images/interface/5.gif">
<meta itemprop="ratingValue" content="5" />
</div>
</div>
<div class="right">
<div class="now" itemprop="offers" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Offer">
<span class="listNow">Now <span itemprop="price">£280</span></span>
</div>
<div class="save">
<span class="listSave">Save £70</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</a>
</div>


(If that example HTML looks familiar, it's because I grabbed it off your site and just added the bits in boldface.)

That said, while marking up items in lists shouldn't do any harm, what you really should do is add this kind of microdata markup to the individual product pages. That way, Google can use it to generate rich snippets for your pages when they appear in search results. For more information, see Getting started with schema.org.

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@Cofer257

You are massively over thinking this, and most of what you suggest will make little to no difference.

There should be one H1 tag per page, which is the main title of the page, eg "Speaker systems".

Then each H2 should separate sections. In your case you could use an H2 for the name of each product (just the name, not the entire list block).

Lower headings should only be used if you further divide sub-sections are are rarer in practice.

To answer your questions more directly:


Yes it is bad form.
This is the proper way to do it, although you don't need to limit to 8. Around 20-30 items per page is generally expected.
Waste of time.
Just the name as stated above.
It doesn't make a big difference. H1 is most important, H2 may have a bit of weight, but after that there is no difference.

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