Should I do different H1 and H2 Tags on Paginated Pages ?
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Hi All,
I use pagination (Rel=Prev , Rel=Next) and a canconical tag on my paginated pages and also on my View All page to point to my root page (Page 1).
My thoughts are am I missing a trick by having the same H1 and H2 tag on each of my paginated pages ?
Should I having different ones on say Page 2, 3,4 and view all , to give the Collective Page better SEO .
Just wondered what peoples thoughts here were ?.
thanks
Pete
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hi,
i have the same question i have a product page with 4 tabs with different URLs. the content topic is relevant but different so what is the best practice in terms of SEO, H1 and H2 should be different or it would be okay to have same H1 and H2 same on all pages . any other SEO suggestion for https://www.protoexpress.com/flex-pcb.
Thanks,
Sabeen
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Hi Pete-
Your set-up here is pretty good.
Ideally, you would want your Canonical Tag to point to your view all page, as that page might be the best experience for users. If your category has too many products in it to display a reasonably sized view all page, consider breaking it up into more niche categories/subcategories.
The canoncial tag on these pages and the rel prev/next is essentially telling Google not to rank those individual pages. There is no need to worry about the H1/H2 pages in those series. Update them only if you think they will provide the user a better experience.
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Just an option... If the information is non pertinent you could also noindex the paginated pages... You could also canonical tag to the view all page for the category and leave the H tags as they are...
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I didn't realize you were using the same content on all of the pages as well. I don't see a reason to change them then. If your content and topics are the same, then it might be worth it to leave the H tags the same also.
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Hi Monica,
The pages do have the same information and topic as the reason I use Pagination is that I have too many products in the same category to show on one page,so its there to tell Google that Page 2 ,3,4 etc is an extension of Page 1 along with my View All page
The only differences I can put in the H1 , H2 tag would really be synonymys or alternative keyword phrases. On page content would be same though, as I can't really write about the same set of products many different ways for the 2nd, 3rd , 4th pages etc.
Would that be okay ?
thanks
Pete
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I definitely recommend changing the H tags on each of the pages. This information should be unique and describe what is on each page specifically. If you keep them the same, then it appears to the engines and searchers that all of the pages have the same information and topic.
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