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jengoggtim -> Span Tag Effect SEO? (2/28/2009 10:48:08)

Does a span tag in the middle of a H1 tag change the seo benefit of the tag? For example, in:

<h1><span class="dropcap">C</span>ustom Embroidered Polo Shirts</h1>

will Google read C</span>ustom as "Custom"? Thanks!



Tailslide -> RE: Span Tag Effect SEO? (2/28/2009 12:40:36)

You could always just use :first-child in the stylesheet - that way the tag will only have the actual text in it. Of course older IE versions don't understand it but I think IE7 does.



mrwebdesign -> RE: Span Tag Effect SEO? (3/1/2009 14:28:29)

I don't believe it will effect the SEO of the tag. Google should read it as "Custom"



thomas09 -> RE: Span Tag Effect SEO? (4/5/2009 9:30:09)

Hi,

H1 tag itself has little bit weight as point of view SEO so don't need to focus much on it. Just use it wisely.




Tailslide -> RE: Span Tag Effect SEO? (4/5/2009 12:40:22)


quote:

ORIGINAL: thomas09



H1 tag itself has little bit weight as point of view SEO so don't need to focus much on it. Just use it wisely.




That's new. Up to now it's had a lot of weight. When did this happen.



Mojo -> RE: Span Tag Effect SEO? (4/7/2009 11:32:36)

The H1 tag is still very important. You're not going to rank for competitive phrases based just on the H1, but it is a big part of how the search engines semantically organize and weight data.

I would do something like what TailSlide suggested. I think inline styles you add to HTML elements can increase the spam *signal*.



jengoggtim -> RE: Span Tag Effect SEO? (4/9/2009 22:23:34)

How would I implement the first child on my style sheet for my H1 tags if I want the first letter of the H1's to look like this?

.dropcap {
font: normal 55px "Times New Roman", serif;
float: left;
color: 1d6793;
line-height: 55px;
padding: 0 1px 0 0;}



Tailslide -> RE: Span Tag Effect SEO? (4/10/2009 2:15:18)

I haven't actually ever used :first-child myself but it should be: 

h1:first-child 
{font: normal 55px "Times New Roman", serif;
color: #1d6793;
line-height: 55px;
padding: 0 1px 0 0;
}


Not sure what the float was in there for?



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