H2 Tags- Can you have more than 1 H2 tag

[PeteC12]

Hi All,

Screaming frog has identified that we have a few H2 tags on our pages , although we only have 1 H1 tag. We have numerous H3,H4's etc.

I am wondering, is it good SEO to have only 1 H2 tag like with H1 tag or can you have more ?

thanks

Peter

[Dino64]

Was researching this same topic and the video you shared answered my question. Thanks for including the link.

[PeteC12]

Many thanks All

Pete

[ScottImageWorks]

If you think of H tags as part of an outline, it makes sense to have just one H1 but more than one H2, H3, etc.

The H1 should be your most important, broadest subject for the page, and then H2s, 3s, etc would relate to more specific aspects of that.

[KevinBudzynski]

Yes, it's good to only have one H1 tag. However, will you get penalized for having more than one? No, just use them sparingly (according to Matt Cutts here).

[donford]

You may use more than one of ANY Hx tag (even 1), there has been some argument about risking penalties for using more then one H1, but with the way HTML5 sites are going it is starting to wain towards more people doing it.. Before this debate, I don't recall much conflict about using H2 tags more then once. I would just be careful about it and use them appropriately.