All checks / Content Understanding
Warning
heading-hierarchy-brokenHeading levels descend in order
What this check means
Checks that heading levels on your homepage descend without skipping — an h2 does not jump straight to an h4.
Why it matters
Headings are the outline a machine uses to work out which text belongs to which topic. A skipped level breaks the nesting, so content ends up attributed to the wrong section — or to no section at all.
How we detect it
We read every heading on the homepage in document order and flag any jump of more than one level downward.
How to fix it
Use the next level down rather than choosing a heading for its size, and style it with CSS instead.
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