(Entry was posted by Jordan T. Hamasaki on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 01/19/2023).

Should I rewrite my H1 tags?

Should i rewrite my H1 tags?
I have started working on a website that has very long H1 tags and they don`t look all that good. I believe the site owner when creating them, actually created them the way you create an amazon title. Here`s an example: Landscape Fabric | 40 Year Fabric | For Weed Barrier, Ground Cover, Garden | Heavy Duty Commercial Grade Fabric | 135 Lbs of Tensile Strength | Approved by DOT | 3 ft Wide Many of the pages actually do well in search so I am a bit hesitant to change them. Any opinions on this? Thanks

This question begins at 00:17:03 into the clip. Did this video clip play correctly? Watch this question on YouTube commencing at 00:17:03

Share on Twitter

Share on Facebook

YOUR ANSWERS

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

Rehan K.S.: Going by the example - You NEED to change them.
Adi Shwartzman: Hey, yeah its a dilema however remember that nice looking titles could result in more pepole willing to click on it. If it was me i would leave only the main keyword that those pages are ranking on and change what comes before or after this keyword. F.E - Landscape Fabric - What Is It?
Jordan T. Hamasaki: Adi Shwartzman so do the main keyword and then describe it a little?
Adi Shwartzman: Jordan T. Hamasaki yep
Michael Martinez: If it ain`t broke, don`t fix it. If you`re not happy with what you have, then change it.Don`t blindly follow SEO formulas. There`s no search engine requirement about the length of H1 elements, although they do recommend that they describe the page and make sense.
Mark Ketzler: Change a few as a test. I have certainly changed pages clearly for the better only to see them drop in ranking. It feels like Google recrawled them and decided they0 weren`t so good in the first place.