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Would it help SEO to put only keywords inside header tags and style other text beside it to look like part of the header?
This is a very unusual suggestion - I've never once seen any of the SEO experts even hint at something like this. It sounds like something that used to work years ago - a bit like keyword stuffing - ...
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Using URLs as anchor texts
Some reasons I might not do so:
The URL is probably uninteresting to most users. Often a link is integrated into a sentence and a URL doesn't integrate well.1
These days, with fancy search bars and ...
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Which main problems could arise from adding a number to a domain name?
The "problem" is that the domain name does not pass the "radio test". If you advertise it on TV or in print media, people should remember it correctly, although there may be a ...
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Do any colors need to be explicitly defined for a webpage to comply with WCAG?
What the tool seems to intend is to make sure that the contrast is high enough, but it’s beyond me why it assumes (for some elements) white as default for the foreground and the background. The ...
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Would it help SEO to put only keywords inside header tags and style other text beside it to look like part of the header?
I don't see any reason that breaking the titles like this could boost SEO in any measurable way.
The general rule of thumb for SEO is that if it makes no sense to have your page set up some way and it ...
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Is it legitimate for rel prev / next links to indicate a circular sequence of pages?
Three and a half months later I have come back to this with an entirely satisfactory solution.
I was unaware of this when I posted the question above in March 2020, but way back in 2011, the W3C ...
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html5 - <figure> element position importance
Imagine you have a camera manual printed on paper.
You can have a diagram of all elements on page 1, this diagram is figure no. 1.
On page 16 you can write "look at figure No. 1"
This implies that ...
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Testing my site for accessibility to readers
There's a free screen reader program for Windows called NVDA. It can be downloaded here: https://www.nvaccess.org/download/
Macs come with a screen reader program called Voiceover, WebAIM has an ...
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Correct ALT text for Screenshot Images (Bulk)
alt="Screenshot 1", alt="Screenshot 2" would be about the same as not having anything at all. You can find information on all of your questions here:
https://moz.com/learn/seo/alt-text
Some context ...
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Would it help SEO to put only keywords inside header tags and style other text beside it to look like part of the header?
NO. This misses the point of SEO.
By breaking up linguistic data across multiple "environments", the information is artificially "out of context" for Google's algorithms and ...
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Accessibilitywise, how long should submit buttons in forms be?
There is one criterion in the current version (2.1) of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines that provides some guidance to your question:
Success Criterion 2.5.5: Target Size (Level AAA):
The ...
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Is there a process for petitioning Google to factor accessibility into search results ranking?
There is not a process for any 3rd party to petition that Google make anything a rankings factor. Determining what is and what is not a rankings factor is private to Google.
Keep in mind that there ...
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Detecting visitors with disabilities
It is not possible to detect visitors with disabilities in any reliable way.
This stems from the fact that screen readers hook into the web browser, they don't hook directly into the website:
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Is noscript mandatory for worldwide compliance page compliance?
The relevant guideline from WCAG 1.0 Level A is:
Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If this is not possible, provide ...
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Will text hidden except for screen readers be problematic for search engines?
If you duplicate the text on the same page and change visibility depending on the viewer/screenreader you don't have to worry IF you make sure that search engines are allowed to read your CSS/JS files....
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How to emphasize and punctuate words within an 'alt' attribute?
You can style alt text. You can make alt text bold, add a background or change its color. You can also add linebreaks. I don't think it's possible to make some words bold and some words normal, but if ...
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Is the title attribute (not tag) important to SEO?
This is an old question that got bumped because of an edit, and a lot has changed.
The title tag is used ("displayed") when hovering over the element in this case a link. It can be used for ...
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Is it better for SEO to use alt text or "screen reader only" text to describe an image that has text on it?
Honestly i don't see how to utilize sr-only for your purpose. But adding the text to both of alt and title attributes (<img src="" alt="your content" title="your content") will finally do the job.
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Understanding the web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG): alternative for audio sample of musical instrument?
The key phrase to consider with the alternative to the audio of an instrument is that it be "equivalent". While this may be difficult to represent the sound of an instrument with text - it ...
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How to use Lighthouse scoring Guide for Accessibility Audit?
They don't have metric score values like the Performance Score.
Each Accessibility test is a simple pass or fail with the particular category's weight contributing too the final score out of 100 for ...
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Does it matter if blockquotes contain quote characters for SEO or accessibility?
In terms of SEO, this should make no difference whatsoever.
Search engines rank content based on many factors, but whether the content is wrapped in quotes is not something that matters.
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Would it help SEO to put only keywords inside header tags and style other text beside it to look like part of the header?
In one word the answer would be NO.
But adding keyword in header helps user to understand about the topic/page. For helping in SEO you must follow Google's guidelines.
As @FluffyKiten said:
It ...
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Does accessibility (assessed by tools like lighthouse) affect SEO
The simple answer is "not really." The real answer is, "it depends."
Search engines don't care what your site looks like. If you use a light font on a light background that makes ...
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List of SEO rules for HTML tags?
I don't think there is a comprehensive list. As I have discovered when coding my site that it's a moving target and everyone has their own recommendations. And Readers are not consistent in their ...
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Should we implement the accesskey HTML attribute?
Keyboard access is on the way down. My suggestion would be. If your site is like a forum or a game, where a user may constantly repeat the same actions, then you could help them by providing an access ...
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Does it matter if blockquotes contain quote characters for SEO or accessibility?
Boostrap, Foundation, and W3C all don't use literal quotes. I'd say leave them out.
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Do I need to provide an accessible label for a link whose meaning cannot be derived from its content?
Firstly, make sure you even need an <a> tag. If the link doesn't navigate to another page then you should be using a <button> tag.
Yes, you can use the aria-label as you have described ...
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Can a list of internal links be partly hidden in a scrolling container and repetitive anchor text removed without hurting SEO?
It is better not to repeat the service name for each link. There are several reasons for this:
It is bad usability to repeat the service name on each link. Users will find it awkward to have to ...
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