Does the coding of a website really what matter for SEO
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Hello,
Just wondering if a site that is not coded correctly can hurt your seo even though as a human I can totally understand what is going on on the page and the structure of the website.
Thanks,
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Thanks. How about if a h1 tag is in a module by itself for example on wordpress at the top of my page. Can it hurt ? wouldn’t it better if the h1 closed at the end of my page so that it includes my h2 h3 tags within the h1 for search engine to understand the relation between all the h tags ?
Je
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IMO the answer is: Absolutely, yes. Without a doubt.
I would type out my reasoning but feel that this post from 2016 just about covers it. Hope this helps!!
https://moz.com/community/q/messy-codes-in-page-source-affecting-my-seo
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