Is it ok to have nothing underneath your H1?
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Essentially what I want to know is - Is it ok to go straight from H1 to H2 without any text in between?
e.g.
abcd
efgh
ijklmn
opqr
stuvwxyz
Is google going to see the H1 tag as a loose end without anything underneath it and just going straight to a H2?
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The hierarchy of headers would require an H2 to be a subheading within the more general topic area of the H1. I can't imagine there would be any requirement for content between the H1 and the first H2, although, from the users' standpoint, it might help them to better understand what the page is about and how the H2's content applies.
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Technically, I don’t think there should be any problem with that but if I keep the article writing regulations in mind it put a question about why putting H2 right after H1
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Every article that I write has an
centered at the top of the page.
Then, the text begins in the left column and the first paragraph with an
above it is left justified.
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I do that quite a bit, and I haven't had any issues.
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