What are Heading tags?

The <h1> to <h6> tags are used to define HTML headings. <h1> defines the most important heading. <h6> defines the least important heading.
 
Heading tags, as the name implies, are tags that are used for the creations of headings. The most important tag is the <h1> heading tag, and will usually be the title of a post. Heading tags have a top-down hierarchy from <h1> to <h6>. ... There are two ways heading tags can structure your content
 
Heading tags, as the name implies, are tags that are used for the creations of headings. The most important tag is the <h1> heading tag, and will usually be the title of a post. Heading tags have a top-down hierarchy from <h1> to <h6>. ... There are two ways heading tags can structure your content.
 
Heading tags, as the name implies, are tags that are used for the creations of headings. The most important tag is the <h1> heading tag, and will usually be the title of a post. Heading tags have a top-down hierarchy from <h1> to <h6>.

This post just had to be written. Somehow we often talk about Heading tags when providing consultancy. Usually the website owner can’t change a single thing about the heading setup of the website, as he is unwilling or just lacks the knowledge to change the theme of the website. But heading tags do matter.

There are two ways heading tags can structure your content. In classic HTML, there would be one H1 heading tag on each page, maybe a couple of H2 heading tags etc and these would all combine to form an outline of the entire document.
 
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