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  • November 1, 2013 at 1:39 am #183218
    ttem

    Is making the H1 heading link back to itself/page considered best practices for SEO? and if so what about the title hover text that gets prepended to the page’s name ‘Permanent Link:’

    example: http://kriesi.at/themes/enfold/pages/about-us/

    Permanent Link: About US (in page heading link mouseover title)

    <h1 class="main-title entry-title">
<a itemprop="headline" title="Permanent Link: About Us" rel="bookmark" href="http://kriesi.at/themes/enfold/pages/about-us/">About Us</a>
</h1>
    November 2, 2013 at 9:24 am #183655
    Dude

    Hey ttem!

    Google uses the link text which is “About Us”. The link itself doesn’t affect the SEO in a negative way.

    Best regards,
    Peter

    November 3, 2013 at 8:53 pm #184002
    ttem

    Hello Peter, thank you for your response!

    From a usability point of view a self-referencing link may not be good user experience, but if there is an SEO gain then it is may be justified. I’m sure Team Kriesi has a valid reason for implementing this.
    Is there an easy way to remove the link?

    Here is discussion on WMW about self-referencing links if anyone is interested:
    http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/4551083.htm

    November 4, 2013 at 3:59 am #184113
    Devin

    Hey!

    I’m not sure about the full value of them but its pretty standard practice from what I’ve seen. I know one benefit is it makes coding cleaner since the loop can be re-used easier. Also, Automattic’s base theme _s uses them as well which generally follows “best practices” for WordPress with very high standards.

    Regards,
    Devin

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