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    Is it ok to have nothing underneath your H1?

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    • First-VehicleLeasing
      First-VehicleLeasing last edited by

      Essentially what I want to know is - Is it ok to go straight from H1 to H2 without any text in between?

      e.g.

      abcd

      efgh

      ijklmn

      opqr

      stuvwxyz

      Is google going to see the H1 tag as a loose end without anything underneath it and just going straight to a H2?

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      • vagish
        vagish last edited by

        I do that quite a bit, and I haven't had any issues.

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        • EGOL
          EGOL last edited by

          Every article that I write has an

          centered at the top of the page.

          Then, the text begins in the left column and the first paragraph with an

          above it is left justified.

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          • MoosaHemani
            MoosaHemani last edited by

            Technically, I don’t think there should be any problem with that but if I keep the article writing regulations in mind it put a question about why putting H2 right after H1

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            • Doc_Sheldon
              Doc_Sheldon last edited by

              The hierarchy of headers would require an H2 to be a subheading within the more general topic area of the H1. I can't imagine there would be any requirement for content between the H1 and the first H2, although, from the users' standpoint, it might help them to better understand what the page is about and how the H2's content applies.

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