: I dont want to hide my headings, but I dont want untitled articles I'm currently building a site, that contains tabs (Bootstrap) for the articles. I dont want to show headings in the articles,
I'm currently building a site, that contains tabs (Bootstrap) for the articles. I dont want to show headings in the articles, because the tabs work as headings for the user.
But the tab buttons are inside a nav element so they are not related to the content.
If I outline my document all the articles are untitled. If I add headings and hide them, Google hates me. What would be the best practice? Does it make a difference, if my articles have headings?
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As far as I am concerned, heading tags (H1, H2, etc) are optional for good SEO. Google's algorithms today put much less emphasis in on-page SEO factors. In fact, Google is now penalizing for over-use of keywords (keyword stuffing), much more often.
Three years ago, if you wanted to rank for a keyword you would create a page targeted at that keyword. You would use the keyword in the title, the headings, the meta description, and several times in the body of the page. You would link to that page heavily internally, using the keyword as anchor text. You would build links to that page from external sites, also with the keyword as anchor text.
Today that is a recipe for disaster.
Today you want to build several pages around that keyword, covering all aspects of that keyword. You want to use the keyword and its synonyms in title tags, but not as the title tag, as part of a phrase. You want to use the keyword when appropriate in the text, but being careful not to appear to put it in when it wouldn't sound natural. You want to link the pages together. You want to get external links, but use anchor text that is more natural such as longer phrases, your domain name, and "click here".
In today's Google algorithm, heading tags may be slightly helpful, but they can hurt when used badly, and they are not required.
Think your mistaken about how HTML5 Works. If the NAV element is within the Article Tag then its related. In fact using NAV within an Article can be good SEO. There is no limit on how many NAV elements you can use while using less is better for markup and keeping the code as minimal as possible its still allowed and you will not be punished for it.
For example:
<html>
<body>
<header>
<div id="logo">
<h1>I am the site name</h1>
</div>
<nav>
<ul>
<li>Site Menu 1</li>
<li>Site Menu 2</li>
<li>Site Menu 3</li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
<aside>
<nav>
<ul>
<li>Sidebar Menu 1</li>
<li>Sidebar Menu 2</li>
<li>Sidebar Menu 3</li>
</ul>
</nav>
</side>
<article>
<header>
<nav>
<ul>
<li><h1>Tab 1</h1></li>
<li><h2>Tab 2</h2></li>
<li><h3>Tab 3</h3></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
<div id="tabcontent">
<p>I am the tabbed content</p>
</div>
<footer>
<p>You can include some additional information here which is always invisible on all 3 tabs</p>
</footer>
</article>
<footer>
<div id="copyright">Copyright Information</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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