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Do H1 Tags need to be visible?

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12 Feb 10 2:43 am

Do H1 Tags need to be visible?

i have h1 tags on my site but i edited them to be really small and blend to my background so nobody can see them. can i leave them this way for SEOing?
 

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12 Feb 10 3:23 am

H1 headings are the main headings on your website. Your headings should be big and bold and very obvious to your visitors.
 

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12 Feb 10 3:34 am

but will it matter for seo/google to have it unseen? i don't need the visitor to see it cause its on my big banner
 

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12 Feb 10 3:56 am

In terms of SEO, H1 should indicate your page's content. In theory, it's okay if your H1 is not visible as long as you have put your topic on the tag and you already have a heading on your page that your visitors could see.
 

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12 Feb 10 8:16 am

There is a WP plugin to make your H1 and H2 tags invisible to the reader, but VISIBLE to Google. PM me PHMegacorp.
 

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14 Feb 10 11:57 pm

This is getting into black hat SEO territory... You all know how that ends, right?
 

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