I am not sure that a page with multiple important subject does not exist. so IA wise and semantic wise this is not a must. google wise it is.
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Jason Grant <ja...@flexewebs.com> wrote: > Tim, > Well done for reading the spec - it's always a must. > > However, Google came after the HTML4.01 spec and what Google wants we give > it - so the 'only one H1 per page' guideline comes from SEO best practices > as well as general semantics and IA best practices. > > So the spec does not tell you to use one H1 per page, but the spec is not > the be all and end all of guidelines. > > Thanks, > > Jason > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Tim White <tjameswh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:23 AM, Marilyn Langfeld >> <m...@langfeldesigns.com>wrote: >> >>> ... >>> >> >> >>> H1 is reserved for the title of the page. In a document, at least, >>> there's only one title, while there may be many first level headings. >>> ... >>> >> >> >>> So H1 is, IMHO, not the first level header, but the T1, or main title of >>> the page. A logo is never, IMHO again, the title of the page. >>> >> >> >> Let's look at what the specification says; >> >> "A heading element briefly describes the topic of the section it >> introduces. Heading information may be used by user agents, for example, to >> construct a table of contents for a document automatically. >> >> There are six levels of headings in HTML with >> H1<http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#edef-H1> as >> the most important and >> H6<http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#edef-H6> as >> the least. Visual browsers usually render more important headings in larger >> fonts than less important ones." >> >> http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#h-7.5.5 >> >> Nowhere does it say that H1s are for page titles or that there can be only >> 1 per page. In fact, the example shows two being used. >> >> ~ Tim >> >> ******************************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org >> ******************************************************************* >> > > > > -- > Jason Grant BSc, MSc > CEO, Flexewebs Ltd. > www.flexewebs.com > ja...@flexewebs.com > +44 (0)7748 591 770 > Company no.: 5587469 > > www.flexewebs.com/semantix > www.twitter.com/flexewebs > www.linkedin.com/in/flexewebs > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
