[Resolved] I think my site may be missing the H1 tag in the site description

[Carl]

When I go to Bing webmaster tools, they have these severe errors listed as h1 tag missing from site title. They list it as a high severity issue under SEO reports.

*The <h1> tag is missing. Is this what they want? <h1>Help For Scams And Frauds<h1>

*There are multiple <h1> tags on the page. How do I get them out of there?

*The description is missing in the head section of the page???

The URL listed is https://helpforscamsandfrauds.com/

I am unable to fix this because I am not sure what to do? I do know how to add the “hook” element, but will it correct this?

I think this is the landing page for the site, and I am told not to worry about it by my site support. Why would it be listed as high severity?

This is the SEO of the site, and I am concerned about it.

Can you help me to I fix it?

Here is the tip at the bottom of the error report.

The <h1> tag is an indicator to Bingbot and web visitors of what the body copy’s primary theme or topic is. The <h1> tag reinforces the core keyword(s) found in the title, description, and the body copy. We recommend that the <h1> tag includes keywords that reflect the contents of the page and that it is not longer than approximately 150 characters in length.

Doe that mean I need something like “my goal is helping scam and fraud victims get their money back” ?
I would appreciate any help with this.
Thank You

[Ying]

Hi Carl,

The <h1> tag is missing

Typically, the site title is the H1 on the blog page. However, you’re using a logo, so you just need to create a hook element, add this html to the content area: <h1> your site name </h1>, selectfront page as location, select a hook depends on where you need it to display, please refer to the visual hooks guide: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/hooks-visual-guide/

You can use a block element instead, if you want to style the H1 area.

There are multiple <h1> tags on the page

Not sure that makes sense, it’s missing H1 while has multiple h1 tags?

The description is missing in the head section of the page

As you can see, it’s there：
https://www.screencast.com/t/0ZDRoNgoEi

[Carl]

Thank you Ying for helping me. So, from what you tell me, I will create a hook and install it.
What exactly goes inside the hook?
My Site Title like this?

<h1>Help For Scams And Frauds.com<h1> I have [.com] appearing in the Title now, but I don’t have the [.com] in the original General Settings.
I simply have [Help For Scams And Frauds]. Do I need to add [.com] in the general settings?

If that hook is correct, I’ll put it front page, using the header hook?

I also looked at my source code and saw that same description. I thought they might mean something else. So, that is ok then, good.

And I have no clue about several hi tags, but I think I have seen that error before elsewhere. I have cleared the cache several times.

Is there anyway to search the source code for any extra <h1> tags that may be in the wrong place?

Thanks again for your help,
Carl

[Ying]

I simply have [Help For Scams And Frauds]. Do I need to add [.com] in the general settings?

It depends on what you want your site name to be.

If that hook is correct, I’ll put it front page, using the header hook?

You can use a header element (generate_after_header ) or a hook element (you can choose any hook) or a block element (you can choose any hook). Either of them works.

Is there anyway to search the source code for <h1> tags?

I did search in your source code, didn’t find any <h1> tag.
https://www.screencast.com/t/MpGzbwBt

[Carl]

I like it with the [.com] appearing in the Site name, so Then I need to change the general settings.

I have no preference to the hook. I am not adding anything else, and wouldn’t want anything else that would slow the loading speed down. My loading speed is slow already. I have +4sec to load warning from google site speed. I can probably reduce some images from png to jpeg, but have no clue what I can do about the other stuff they talk about.[javascript]

If you already searched for the tags, then I can forget that one too! Changed the general settings.
Thanks again!
Carl

[Ying]

I did a Google lighthouse test, your site’s score is pretty good 🙂
https://www.screencast.com/t/S5aQHQ3d

There’s one thing you can do to have immediate improvement:

Go to customizer > General, switch to SVGinstead of fonts, it will reduce one more request when page’s loading.

[Carl]

I Added the header hook to my site and I see the title changed to add the .com. But I don’t see any <h1> tag added. The general settings changed the type and added the .com.

Do I need to add the logo and retina image again?
Thanks,
Carl

[Ying]

I’m not seeing a header element is added to your site, can you make sure we are talking about the same thing?
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/header-element-overview/

[Carl]

I did make one first that was wrong. set for front page, but did not use a template.

h1
Help For Scams And Frauds.com
h1

So, this didn’t work, because I didn’t use a template?..I deleted the “Help For Scams And Frauds.com and copied the first template and pasted it into the hi-lighted content area, then changed the post title info to Help For Scams And Frauds.com

According to your video, that is what I tried to do. I
Elements>header>[h1](First Template) {{post_title}} tried using {{Help For Scams And Frauds.com}} Set for [front page]

I did try it without a template, and that didn’t work. But now I have extra Titles in my Source code saying pg2!!

Apparently, I am not doing it right.

[Ying]

<h1>Help For Scams And Frauds.com</h1>

Just replace whatever you had in the header element with this.

[Carl]

here is what will be in the element, I copied and pasted it to show you.

<h1>
<h1>Help For Scams And Frauds.com</h1>
</h1>

[Carl]

Is that correct?? or do I remove the extra <h1> at the top and bottom and just have this?

<h1>Help For Scams And Frauds.com</h1>

[Ying]

Just <h1>Help For Scams And Frauds.com</h1>

[Carl]

I did that, now the source code has <title>Help For Scams And Frauds.com -</title>

Is that the h1 tag <Title>

[David]

Hi there,

I can see the <h1> on the page so thats working. I would recommend editing the Header Element and adding some Left and Right Padding to stop the title touching the sides.

the <title> tag is a separate thing to the <h1>. The <title> is used by browsers and search engines to identify the page. It is not displayed on the front end of the site, and that is automatically generated for all pages/posts – the default output on the home page is the Site Title, whereas on a single post it will be the Post Title. Note: Lots of SEO plugins change this output. I

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