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    How do search engines interpret <hgroup>...</hgroup> tags?

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    • LMDNYC
      LMDNYC last edited by

      Hi there.

      I'm building an HTML 5 site and through research of new HTML 5 elements I've seen little conclusive information about the interpretation of the new

      <hgroup>tag, in terms of SEO application and interpretation.

      In particular does Google interpret the nested heading tags as individual elements or does it combine them into one entity?

      For example, say I have:

      <hgroup> # Article Heading ## Article Sub-heading </hgroup>

      How is this interpreted by Google and what would be some good SEO best practices regarding the

      <hgroup>tag in HTML5: Is it interpretted as a single

      tag ("

      Article Heading: Article Sub-heading

      ") or two separate heading tags (one

      and one

      )?

      Also, how much does the ordering of the tags matter (say for example I wanted something like the following for visual purposes?

      <hgroup> ## Article Sub-heading # Article Heading </hgroup>

      One last thing: is it safe to assume that it is indeed OK to have multiple

      tags on a single page (as referenced by Matt Cutts a while back in a Webmaster Video)?

      Thanks!

      </hgroup>

      </hgroup>

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      • stubby
        stubby last edited by

        This seems like some good info on hgroup

        http://html5doctor.com/the-hgroup-element/

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