# What is Heading Hierarchy? | Yungle glossary

> Heading hierarchy is the logical order of H1 through H6 tags that structures a page's content.

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# Heading Hierarchy

In plain words

Heading hierarchy is the structured use of H1 through H6 tags to organize a page's content in a logical order, with one H1 as the main title and nested subheadings beneath it. A clean hierarchy helps visitors scan content, helps search engines understand topic structure, and helps AI systems extract answers to feed into generated responses.

Example

One H1 for the page topic, H2s for each section and H3s inside them. Never jumping from H1 straight to H4 to make text smaller.

Related resources

-   FAQ

    ## How Do I Optimize My Website for Search Engines?

    Start with clean technical SEO — fast load times, proper heading structure, mobile responsiveness — then build content around what your actual customers are searching for. Most sites over-invest in keywords and under-invest in structure. Google needs to crawl and understand your site before content quality even matters. Fix the technical foundation first, then focus content on answering real customer questions clearly.

    [See answer](https://yungle.ai/resources?type=faq#how-do-i-optimize-my-website-for-search-engines)
-   Glossary

    ## Metadata

    Metadata is data about data, like titles and descriptions, that helps organize and surface digital content.

    [See term](https://yungle.ai/glossary/metadata)
-   Glossary

    ## Breadcrumb Navigation

    Breadcrumbs are the trail of links showing a visitor's location within a site's hierarchy.

    [See term](https://yungle.ai/glossary/breadcrumb-navigation)
-   FAQ

    ## How Do I Future-Proof My Website for AI Search and AI Agents?

    Build clean, well-structured content that directly answers real questions, keep your technical foundation fast and crawlable, and make sure your data is organized in a way machines — not just humans — can parse, including proper schema markup and clear page structure. AI agents browsing on a user's behalf and AI search tools both rely on the same underlying signals: clarity, structure, and accessibility. A site built well for AEO today is largely the same site that's ready for AI agents acting on visitors' behalf tomorrow.

    [See answer](https://yungle.ai/resources?type=faq#how-do-i-future-proof-my-website-for-ai-search-and-ai-agents)

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