Heading hierarchy
The ordered use of heading levels to expose document structure.
What Heading hierarchy does not show
Visual size alone does not create a heading, and valid levels do not guarantee coherent organization.
Related terms in Content architecture and SEO
How pages, links and intent are organised so an entity is findable, and what a link or a structure can and cannot transfer.
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Questions about Heading hierarchy
What is Heading hierarchy?
The ordered use of heading levels to expose document structure.
What does Heading hierarchy not show or guarantee?
Visual size alone does not create a heading, and valid levels do not guarantee coherent organization.
Which area of the glossary does Heading hierarchy belong to?
Content architecture and SEO: How pages, links and intent are organised so an entity is findable, and what a link or a structure can and cannot transfer.
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