Structure and on-page signals

Heading hierarchy

This check finds abrupt level jumps that make document structure harder to understand.

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What is measured

The audit walks through h1 to h6 and flags transitions where the level increases by more than one step.

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Pass criterion

Sections follow an H1 → H2 → H3 logic without using heading tags merely for visual size.

03

What to fix

Rebuild levels around document meaning and use CSS, not arbitrary tags, for visual sizing.

04

Automation limit

Automation sees tag order but cannot fully judge the semantic nesting of the copy.

Reference

Official documentation

W3C WAI: headings

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