Content too buried in source code?
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Our team is working on a refresh/redesign and am wondering if there's a quantifiable way of determining how high our meta data, H1 and paragraph should be in the source code. Or even whether I should be concerned with that. Our navigation will likely have dozens of links (we're going to keep it to under 100), and this doesn't even factor in the design elements. I am concerned about the content being buried.
Are these the kind of concerns I should be having? Is there a measurable way to avoid it?
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Great thread, Chris! Thank you for posting.
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Thank you David. These tips are much appreciated!
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Hey seosarah,
Here's a fun thread with 3 of Moz's heaviest hitters each weighing in on your topic--each with a bit of a different take on it...
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I wouldn't be too concerned, Google is clever enough to identify page elements, like header, nav and content serparately.
Once the redesign is live, do a crawl as Googlebot within Google Webmaster Tools to make sure it can crawl the entire page.
The other consideration you might look into is site speed, have a look at how the redesign impacts load time, you can compare within Google Analytics (Content > Site Speed report), and/or use an external tool like http://www.webpagetest.org.
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