Heading Structure Checker

Headings are the H1 to H6 elements that outline a page for readers and for parsing. A single H1 and a sequence that does not skip levels is the usual structure. This screen shows that kind of tree without downloading the URL you type.

The H1 text is Free SEO Tools by iSkills. Two H2 lines follow, then H3 lines, then an H4 whose text says a level was skipped. Counts are H1 1, H2 2, H3 2, H4 1, H5 0, H6 0. Your page is not in that tree.

H1 is one of the values Heading Structure Checker puts on screen. The main heading. Pages usually have one. The sample H1 is Free SEO Tools by iSkills, and the status says that single H1 is good. Your page’s H1 is not read.

Read H2 and H3 on its own before you mix it with the other rows. These levels section the page. The fixture has two H2 lines and two H3 lines, including Accurate Data and Lightning Fast. Those titles are not your sections.

Skipped level answers a narrower question than the headline number. Skipping from H2 to H4 can confuse an outline. An H4 says Skipped H3 here (Warning). The warning is about the fixture, not about your template.

Treat Counts as a label with a specific job. A summary tally of each level. H5 and H6 are zero. H4 is one. A live page full of H2 elements can still show this tally.

The Empty lower levels line is worth a full stop. H5 and H6 are optional. Zeros here do not mean your page lacks them. Count the live tags.

The H1 status celebrates exactly one H1 because the fixture has one. A live page with zero or two H1 elements will still get that cheer. Inspect the published HTML for the real outline.

If you remember one sequence from Heading Structure Checker, remember the fields in the order they change a decision. H1 matters because The main heading. Pages usually have one. In practice, The sample H1 is Free SEO Tools by iSkills, and the status says that single H1 is good. The mistake to avoid is this: Your page’s H1 is not read. H2 and H3 matters because These levels section the page. In practice, The fixture has two H2 lines and two H3 lines, including Accurate Data and Lightning Fast. The mistake to avoid is this: Those titles are not your sections. Skipped level matters because Skipping from H2 to H4 can confuse an outline. In practice, An H4 says Skipped H3 here (Warning). The mistake to avoid is this: The warning is about the fixture, not about your template. Counts matters because A summary tally of each level. In practice, H5 and H6 are zero. H4 is one. The mistake to avoid is this: A live page full of H2 elements can still show this tally. Empty lower levels matters because H5 and H6 are optional. In practice, Zeros here do not mean your page lacks them. The mistake to avoid is this: Count the live tags. After that, the checks are simple. You recognized the iSkills H1 as the fixture. You did not rewrite your outline to match the sample. You did not treat the skipped-level warning as your bug. H5 and H6 zeros were ignored. The live HTML is the source for the outline.

The worked example for Heading Structure Checker, read as one scene, is this. Type https://example.com/pricing. The tree still says Free SEO Tools by iSkills, then the same H2 and H3 lines, then the skipped-level H4. example.com’s pricing page was not parsed. View source on the pricing page and list the heading elements yourself. That list replaces this tree.

Keep Heading Structure Checker as this step only. When the job moves on, the SEO Content Analyzer is the next page: SEO Content Analyzer reads a draft you paste and reports word count, a readability figure, and how often an optional target keyword appears. The Meta Tag Analyzer covers a different piece of the same work: Meta Tag Analyzer asks for a page URL and then shows a title, description, and keyword line with character counts.