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Non Sequential header tags?
How Harmful is having Non sequential header Tags?
Like having a h4 title and h1 tags below
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Having a h4, h3 h5 but not h2 tags
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bad practice, will let less chances to understand your text (by search)
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Makes no difference whatsoever. Google is not here to prescribe a way of communicating, it doesn’t care about HTML – it supports 50+ filye types that don’t have HTML or headings, and just added more.
You can write in whatever order looks good fr you to communicate to your client. Google doesn’t try to “understand” or fact check or validate your document. It is a search engine: it ranks pages based on authority like CTR and who links to you and why.
Google will read your h-tags in any order
# Google: Heading Elements (Tags) Order Does Not Matter
seroundtable com/google-heading-tags-order-29899.html
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Doing things properly (right order headings) is a good practice, it helps search engines lightly to better understand your content, and it’s good for accessibility. If you’re setting up a new site, or making significant changes on your templates, or just bored :-), then why not take the extra 10 minutes to get this right.
That said, if you have an existing site, fixing this isn’t going to change your site’s rankings; I suspect you’ll find much bigger value in terms of SEO by looking for ways to significantly up-value your site overall. A low-effort site will remain a low-effort site even if you get the headings in the right order. Put your energy into making it higher-value overall instead.
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H tags are not meant for styling. It defines page structure and helps with accessibility.
While I don’t think Google cares any longer, per se, they’re always trying to weed out spammy practices and SEOs have abused H tags to no end. I wouldn’t be surprised to find accessibility compliance ending up as a helpful content signal in the future.
You might as well build your pages properly from the start or fix issues like this as you touch pages over time. It won’t hurt you and can only help you in the long run.
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