Changing the Font & Style of Your H1 Tags

QUESTION: (Rhonda) I am having problems changing the font size of my H1text. Is this very important? If so, how do I go about changing it?

Changing the text and/or style of an H1 tag is simple in CSS. It does not affect anything other than how the visitor sees it though (i.e., if you use a large font, it means nothing more than a smaller font, in SEO terms or how Google sees it).

You can change the H1 tag locally or in the CSS definition file.

If you want to change all of the H1 tag settings in your entire website, you would do this in the CSS file:

h1 {
font-size: 24px;
}

You would use the h1 tag as you normally would:
<h1>This is my H1 tag</h1>

You can define a class in the CSS file which allows you to define your new style whenever you wish anywhere on the site:

.h1style {
font-size: 24px;
}

You would add this class to your h1 tag, when you wish it:

<h1 class=”h1style”>This is my H1 Tag</h1>

* Remember to add the “.” when defining it in the CSS to classify it as a class.

Finally, you can do it locally using a style attribute (without the CSS file):

<h1 style=”font-size:24px;”>This is my H1 Tag</h1>

All of the above do the exact same thing. Their use is based on how often you use the style and how you want it defined (whether globally or locally).

Also, remember you can add other styles to the same definition (like color):

<h1 style=”font-size:24px; color:red;”>This is my H1 Tag that is Red and 24px high</h1>

I find that being able to change the styles of my text for header and other standard tags to be quite invaluable! Knowing a little bit of CSS can go a long way. Give this a try!

The easiest thing to try first is the local definition using the style attribute. If this is working for you, consider creating or editing your own CSS file!

Good luck! cheers…matt

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As search engines continue to develop, they strive to provide the searcher with the most optimal result for their query, but no one is perfect, even search engines!

For the second time in over a month I have conducted a search on Google that resulted in an unexpected result. Here is what I was doing: I was conducting research on different types of dropshipping methods and one idea that came to mind was using Amazon as a dropshipper. This idea came about from the fact that I was researching the topic of wholesaling books and at some point I was starting to realize that I could buy the titles cheaper on Amazon. So, naturally, I typed “amazon dropshipping” into a search engine. The first 4 organic results described Amazon’s dropshipping model of business. This is not what I was looking for. The 5th result was an article. Hey, now we are getting somewhere!

What? I clicked onto the link to realize that it was an article that *I* wrote. I was conflicted with emotion. First I was really annoyed! Here I am trying to research a topic to learn more about amazon dropshipping and the only real result that pops up is my own article. It does include the words “Amazon” and “dropshipping” within the context of the article, but they are really loosy related.

Then I started to think about it a little bit and thought, WOW!, this is very cool. I spend tons of time trying to optimize other keywords and phrases (that also in time appear where they are intended), but as a by-product of the hard work, I am also appearing for searches that I have never thought about.

This strengthens my support for SEO. Some still believe that SEO is pointless. Was this search result targeted? Maybe not directly, but for someone looking into Amazon as a dropshipping alternative may find other suggestions and ideas that is included in the article that appears. Secondly, this is FREE! If the result has quality or not does not make a difference to me as long as I do not pay for. It is free branding of my product and name and no one can fault me for what the search engine is providing them.

In conclusion, Search Engine Optimization is great not only for targeting relevant keywords, but it also may target the forgotten keywords (and in some cases the irrelevant keywords, too!).

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