The forum needs a real H1 for SEO purpose, it really should be there as default.
That's what the forum title is.
:D It's right where it ought to be.
<body>
<div id="wrapper" style="width: 90%;">
<div id="header"><div class="frame">
<div id="top_section">
<h1 class="forumtitle">
Happy?
Well, i know the title is H1.
I am talking about the heading 1 (h1), the first thing in the body as in:
"• Write your header tags prominently at the beginning of your content, ideally after the <body> tag."
If you run a SMF forum in an on-page software tool you actually scores -10 points as there are no H1 to be found.
Read this:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=427913.0
Quote from: crobbe on April 14, 2012, 05:33:10 AM
Well, i know the title is H1.
I am talking about the heading 1 (h1), the first thing in the body as in:
"• Write your header tags prominently at the beginning of your content, ideally after the <body> tag."
If you run a SMF forum in an on-page software tool you actually scores -10 points as there are no H1 to be found.
There is an h1 to be found. It's right where I showed you. That's what an h1 is: a html tag that is used to denote the primary heading for the page. If you have some software tool that tells you there is no h1, then methinks said tool is borken.
That, too :)
Probably the tool searches on root-level of the document, something which it shouldn't do.
Quote from: Yoshi2889 on April 14, 2012, 05:37:46 AM
Read this:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=427913.0
Well, it want hurt to optimize the forum on specific keywords, content for sure gets you traffic but optimizing for some keywords gets the forum up in the serp for sure.
I've done a little SEO on my forum and the mainurl now ranks on position 3 in Google for those keywords I have optimized on.
Here is a on-page submission on this forum using "simple machines" as keyword. Even though the title has "simple machines" in it, there is no H1 main headline to be found on the on-page of the forum.
"H1 - H1 does not contain the keyword.
H1, a Web page's main headline. Search engines use to determine what the page is about. Having the keyword in H1 is therefore very important.
-10 points"
Here is the submission itself, it's in Swedish so you'll have to translate it.
http://www.sokmotorkonsult.se/verktyg/onpage/resultat/tS4aT8kv578_/
Quote from: Yoshi2889 on April 14, 2012, 05:43:43 AM
That, too :)
Probably the tool searches on root-level of the document, something which it shouldn't do.
The tool searches on-page on the landing-page of the url and the guy who has developed it, well, let's say he knows his stuff about SEO.
Quote from: crobbe on April 14, 2012, 06:33:21 AM
Quote from: Yoshi2889 on April 14, 2012, 05:43:43 AM
That, too :)
Probably the tool searches on root-level of the document, something which it shouldn't do.
The tool searches on-page on the landing-page of the url.
Probably not correctly, because there IS a <h1> tag. Just not in the root of the document.
If you view the on-page sourcecode, there is no H1 to be found.
<meta name="title" content="Investera i Guld - Investera i Silver - Ädelmetallforum.se - Index" />
<title>Investera i Guld - Investera i Silver - Ädelmetallforum.se - Index</title>
<meta name="description" content="Simple Machines Community Forum - Index" />
<title>Simple Machines Community Forum - Index</title>
Could that be what is causing this?
Excuse me, I think I have to give you right :)
When adding a logo into the Default theme the <h1> tag goes away and is replaced by <img>, I see on your site.
Quote from: Yoshi2889 on April 14, 2012, 07:15:20 AM
Excuse me, I think I have to give you right :)
When adding a logo into the Default theme the <h1> tag goes away and is replaced by <img>, I see on your site.
See :-)
Quote from: crobbe on April 14, 2012, 07:17:57 AM
Quote from: Yoshi2889 on April 14, 2012, 07:15:20 AM
Excuse me, I think I have to give you right :)
When adding a logo into the Default theme the <h1> tag goes away and is replaced by <img>, I see on your site.
See :-)
You can fire a bug report if you want to, I think there's no way we can squeeze a <img> tag in a <h1> tag though :P
Quote from: Yoshi2889 on April 14, 2012, 07:29:42 AM
Quote from: crobbe on April 14, 2012, 07:17:57 AM
Quote from: Yoshi2889 on April 14, 2012, 07:15:20 AM
Excuse me, I think I have to give you right :)
When adding a logo into the Default theme the <h1> tag goes away and is replaced by <img>, I see on your site.
See :-)
You can fire a bug report if you want to, I think there's no way we can squeeze a <img> tag in a <h1> tag though :P
I understand that but can you have one <h1> and one <img>, wouldn't that solve the problem.
Yes, but where are you going to squeeze the <h1> to?
Quote from: Yoshi2889 on April 14, 2012, 07:35:32 AM
Yes, but where are you going to squeeze the <h1> to?
I am just spinning but how about here? See pic.
Quote from: crobbe on April 14, 2012, 07:38:48 AM
Quote from: Yoshi2889 on April 14, 2012, 07:35:32 AM
Yes, but where are you going to squeeze the <h1> to?
I am just spinning but how about here? See pic.
That's possible I guess, try this:
index.template.php
', empty($settings['site_slogan']) ? '<img id="smflogo" src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/smflogo.png" alt="Simple Machines Forum" title="Simple Machines Forum" />' : '<div id="siteslogan" class="floatright">' . $settings['site_slogan'] . '</div>', '', empty($settings['site_slogan']) ? '<img id="smflogo" src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/smflogo.png" alt="Simple Machines Forum" title="Simple Machines Forum" />' : '<h1><div id="siteslogan" class="floatright">' . $settings['site_slogan'] . '</div></h1>', 'That'll make your site slogan H1'ed. Medunno's if that craps up the style.
Quote from: Yoshi2889 on April 14, 2012, 07:44:08 AM
Quote from: crobbe on April 14, 2012, 07:38:48 AM
Quote from: Yoshi2889 on April 14, 2012, 07:35:32 AM
Yes, but where are you going to squeeze the <h1> to?
I am just spinning but how about here? See pic.
That's possible I guess, try this:
index.template.php
', empty($settings['site_slogan']) ? '<img id="smflogo" src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/smflogo.png" alt="Simple Machines Forum" title="Simple Machines Forum" />' : '<div id="siteslogan" class="floatright">' . $settings['site_slogan'] . '</div>', '
', empty($settings['site_slogan']) ? '<img id="smflogo" src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/smflogo.png" alt="Simple Machines Forum" title="Simple Machines Forum" />' : '<h1><div id="siteslogan" class="floatright">' . $settings['site_slogan'] . '</div></h1>', '
That'll make your site slogan H1'ed. Medunno's if that craps up the style.
That actually went PERFECT, AWESOME, thanks.
It now scores +10 on H1 :-)
http://www.adelmetallforum.se/
Great, does the validator now give you the +10 points you deserve? :P
Quote from: Yoshi2889 on April 14, 2012, 08:04:02 AM
Great, does the validator now give you the +10 points you deserve? :P
YES 8)
If your question has been solved, please mark this topic as solved. :)