Will Google still ignore the second instance of anchor text on a page if it has an H2 tag on it?

[AliMac26]

We have a page set up that has anchor text with header tags. There is an instance where the same anchor text is on the page twice linking to the same page, and I know that Google will ignore the second instance. But in the second instance it also had an H2 tag (which I removed and put it on the first instance of anchor text even though it's smaller). Is this good practice?

[GlobeRunner]

Whatever the case, if you have more than one link to the same page on the same page, only the first one is counted. So, there may be no need for the second link.

What I would do, though, is use Google Analytics' in page analytics to see if you are getting clicks on that second link and which link is getting clicked more often by visitors to that page. If no one clicks on one of the links, you might consider removing it altogether.