Does using role="heading" instead of H1 in HTML code affects SEO?
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Does using role="heading" instead of
affect SEO? http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/Headings_using_role%3Dheading
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No harm in using role=”heading” instead of H1 but as far as Chris is saying about adding keywords in heading tag will negatively affect your SEO... I didn’t experience this myself but obviously you cannot simply ignore the SEL research!
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Patricia, as the use H1's (or H2,H3, etc) don't have much if any impact on SEO, I wouldn't worry about it. Where on the html page that a word shows up has more of in impact on a page's relevance than the heading associated with it. In fact, keywords in the h1 tag negatively correspond to higher rankings.
also: http://searchengineland.com/searchmetrics-releases-their-seo-ranking-factors-post-penguin-2-0-164902
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