Hello all,

I am looking for some clarification regarding how X5 version 9 handles H-tags - H1 and H2 tags in particular.

I have read the related post on this topic here (http://answers.websitex5.com/post/5890), but I believe that this issue still needs clarification.

First, what I already know:

• For general search engine purposes, H1 tags are used to describe the overall topic of a single page, while H2 tags are used to set and describe sub-topics on that page. H3 tags can be used to set sub-sub topics and so on.

• A single page should only have one H1 tag, as multiple tags dilute the importance of the keywords. 

• Multiple H2 tags on a single page are generally fine but one shouldn't go overboard with this.

• Setting proper H1 and H2 tags has definite benefits when it comes to search engine rankings.

H1 and H2 tags *can* be set in X5. To do this:

1. Within a text cell, make sure that the "enable HTML code" is activated.

2. For a H1 tag, use the format "<h1>Your Title Goes Here</h1>"

3. For a H2 tag, simply use "<h2>Your Title Goes Here</h2>"

So, what is the problem?

For some reason X5 automatically sets *additional* H1 and H2 tags - whether you want them or not.

Specifically:

1) If you add a "Website Title" in Step 1, this automatically becomes a H1 tag and the site name will be added to the end of every page title on your site. Having an identical H1 tag on every page is definitely not good for SEO. Therefore, I chose to keep the field for "Website Title" empty and added my own custom H1 tags for each page using the method above. 

However, by using an online checker for H1 and H2 tags (e.g., http://www.searchengineoptimisation.co.uk/seo-tools/h-tag-and-alt-tag-checker.html) I learned that X5 still adds its own H1 tag...but with no text content. End result = multiple H1 tags and one H1 tag that is always empty. I am not sure of the exact effect this has on SEO, but I doubt it is good.

2) For H2 tags, X5 automatically sets whatever you assign as a page title as the first H2 tag. From what I understand this is again, not a recommended practice for SEO. Yes, you can still add your own H2 tags but it seems like there should be a way around these automatic assignments of H1 and H2 tags.

Questions for users:

1) Is there a way to completely eliminate the "empty" H1 tag that is assigned when the "Website Title" is left blank?

2) Is there a way to prevent X5 from automatically assigning the page title as the first H2 tag?

Request for the X5 development team:

If the answer is "no" for both questions above, can this be changed in a future update to X5? Although H tags are just one of many factors to consider for SEO, setting them correctly is still very important and I really think that it should be permitted within X5.

Thanks for any help.