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Does Permalink inside h1 tag effects page SEO?

In my wordpress blog I found that my Post title are displayed like the following

<h1><a href="permalink">Post Title</a></h1>

On diving deep I found the code structure as following

<div class="post-title">
    <h1>
        <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark">
            <?php the_title(); ?>
        </a>
    </h1>
</div>

I wanted to know whether the anchor tag inside the h1 tag will effect my SEO rankings in a bad way?

Solution

  • It will not affect your SEO rankings in a bad way.

    From what I have read on the subject it doesn't hurt nor help your SEO.

    So in that case you can go ahead and do it.

    From a coding perspective it works well like you have it:

    Either with the div wrapper or not. I personally like the 1st best.

    source: here.