Can someone please tell me if my H1 Tag is in the right place on my View Source. It looks like its in the body and not in the head
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Hi Mozzers,
I've been looking at the View Source on my landing pages , and it looks to me that my H1 Tag etc is not in the head but in the body . My developer says its in the correct place , but can someone please confirm as it looks wrong to me.
short url link - http://goo.gl/vfXeut
Many thanks
Pete
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Hi Matt,
Many thanks . Glad, it's set up correctly. I will check out the video to.
thanks
Pete
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Ha, I understand your confusion. Heading tags (h1-h7) are not tags that go "in the header" surprisingly.
The H1 tag on your page is in the correct place and your dev is correct.
H1 tags are headings really, not headers. So they are headings for your content located within your content. As opposed to your website which has both header & footer code that essentially surround your content on every page.
If you're still confused on it, check this video. It shows it fairly clearly and better than I can in a text box. Hope it helps!
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