Heading tags are generally an important part of SEO. Any of the important pages your site should be utilizing H1 tags so that they can draw in your readers, which will give you a clear indication of the content on the page. With great heading tags, it can make a big difference in SEO performance.
But do they count as ranking factors in Google? What about H2 to H6? It’s time we see the evidence for and against this idea that Heading tags actually help out with your site rankings on Google.
Over on Search Engine Journal, an article had been written about H1 tags as a Google ranking factor and the evidence for it, but in this newer post, they discuss at the other 5 header tags.
Will these tags help your content rank higher in Google or will it do nothing? Something else they cover is if using certain keywords in H2 to H6 tagged headings help rank better for those terms.