SEO effectiveness of a <h1> Tag that’s edited with CSS

[jpf566]

Hey guys from what I understand <h1> tag is part of what search engine spiders search.. I would like to use <h1> tags in my site for the headers but the font size is huge…if I assign a style to it do you think that will negatively affect the way the search engine spider sees it? In other words..to a spider is

<h1>This is my heading!</h1>

and

<h1 align="center" class="heading1style">This is my heading!</h1>

The same thing ?? Thanks people!


-jon

[jimbeetle]

Nope, no problem at all, that's what CSS is for.

[jpf566]

thats what i thought but I just wanted to make sure. Thank you!

[beu]

No problem but I'd advise caution when you get into areas like styling H1s smaller than H2s and the like. Just my two cents.:)

[jpf566]

No problem but I'd advise caution when you get into areas like styling H1s smaller than H2s and the like. Just my two cents.:)

I wasnt planning on using H2's...I was just going to put H1's for my headers and have my main content just text..

[AussieWebmaster]

Then you should be good to go... css is a clean way to do it and is appreciated by the spiders - less clutter

[cryptblade]

The problem is that others have abused it in the past. I must say I've been guilty of it too. Just stick with 1 H1 tag for each page. as a good, basic rule of thumb.

[Jazajay]

<h1 align="center" class="heading1style">This is my heading!</h1>

Why would you do that?
Place this in the CSS sheet instead.

h1{text-align:center;text-transform:capitalize;other;styles;you;want;to;add}

Then just simply

<h1>This is my main heading</h1>

Nice and clean.

Jaza