Yuval, Everything exists on the Internet, but it doesn't mean it's good. So pages with multiple subject do exist, they are just known as 'bad pages' from IA perspective. ;-)
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Yuval Ararat <yara...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > ******************************************************************* > -- 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 *******************************************************************
