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Re: Logo as an h1??

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From: Philip Kiff
Date: Mar 2, 2017 12:32PM

I meant to include this link to The Truth About Multiple H1 Tags in the
HTML5 Era from tutsplus:
https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/the-truth-about-multiple-h1-tags-in-the-html5-era--webdesign-16824

On 2017-03-02 14:29, Philip Kiff wrote:
> I agree with the consensus here that putting your logo inside H1's
> throughout your site is generally not the best approach. However, I
> would put forward two special cases where the practice may be
> acceptable.
>
> 1. On your home page
> If you do not have your site name visible on your home page elsewhere
> other than in your logo, then I would place your logo inside an H1 on
> that page. The alternative text in that case would provide your site
> name on that single page on your site.
>
> 2. On HTML 5 sites that make full, proper use of header, article,
> section, footer tags
> While support for old user agents means that I personally continue to
> use only a single H1 on sites that I build, there is an argument to be
> made that a site that makes proper use of all the HTML 5 structures,
> it may in some cases make sense to include an H1 within the header and
> *another* H1 within the body. And if, as in case 1 above, your header
> does not have a plain text version of your site name, then it is
> conceivably correct to apply the H1 to your logo in the header.
> Theoretically, this should not affect your SEO, and various user
> agents should be able to manage such structures. But my impression is
> that we are still not at that point, and that for legacy reasons the
> best practice is still to stick with just a single H1 on each page in
> most use cases.
>
> Phil.
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