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The importance of Header tags when optimising.

Are header tags (also known as H tags) still important for search engine optimisation?
Despite the theory that Google no longer gives as much emphasis on header tags, (due mainly to the fact many SEO's abused them by keyword stuffing) a good correctly structured use of H tags still appears to produce results.
Used correctly and structured in a sensible way, header tags not only help the page, they also help the user of the page.

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Correct use of Header tags

If you have read all this page you will see it is primarily concerning Search engine optimisation and header tags. For this reason that phrase is used as the main header (H1 tag). Following the fist heading is a brief description of the page and links to further pages. Next We ask about The importance of Header tags when optimising. Again this is a header, but as it is not as important as the first header, we put it in H2 tags. 4 or 5 lines of text about the imortance of header tags follows, and then we ask about the Correct use of Header tags. Again we make this a header, but not as important as the previous one, so use a H3 tag.

Using Header tags when optimising

Header tags used properly can be very good when optimising, set out a proper structure use your keyword sensibly in the headers and it will pay dividends.

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