H1 tag within on top nav but css class styled appear at bottom

[LauraHT]

Hi,

Sorry the similar question could have been ask previously but I couldn't get an exact answer.

Someone put a h1 tag on our homepage (which do not have before) and the

is within the top nav. But it has a css style class in that h1 tag to make it appear at the bottom of the page so not everyone would be aware of that small h1 title. I personally do not think that's going to help with seo.

However I want to know if this practice is going to be:

beneficial, or not at all?

or harmful instead?

Thanks

LM

[Envoke-Marketing]

I believe it depends on the user visibility of the H1 tag. It's fine to make H1 tags smaller and in odd positions - it would be difficult for Google to be overly punitive on creative design of this sort.

I've created H1's smaller than H3s on many occassions. The question for me would be - is the new H1 the same or very similar colour to the background? Is it in an incredibly small font? Google is wise to attempts to "almost hide" content.

I would ask why the SEO can't be more creative and make the content more visible. If h1 tag and keyword in it isn't appropriate there is something wrong with the overall content or keyword choice for the page.