Headings are defining the size of the the text. H1 is the biggest and H6 the smallest one. The headings are important from SEO perspective, too. Search Engines like Google give more importance for H1 text, the mort important keywords are in the title of the posts so we need to use H1 for them.( The post title size is set by default to H2 or H3.) Here is how to:

1. Find the following code in your template:

<b:if cond='data:post.title'> <h3 class='post-title entry-title'> <b:if cond='data:post.link'> <a expr:href='data:post.link'><data:post.title/></a> <b:else/> <b:if cond='data:post.url'> <a expr:href='data:post.url'><data:post.title/></a> <b:else/> <data:post.title/> </b:if> </b:if> </h3> </b:if>

(some templates have h2 , change the red numbers to 2 and search again)

2. After finding the above code change the red h2 or h3 tags to h1

3. If you think the H1 is too big add this CSS code before ]]></b:skin>

h1.post-title, .post h1 #Blog1 h1, #Blog2
h1 { font-size:1.5em; }
(this is the size what i am using , but you can change it)

4. Save your template!
Please read my other post about optimizing the posts title tag!

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The default form of the posts title is Blog title : Post title. This isn`t an efficient method because Google shows only 69 characters of the title tag and it`s better to place the most relevant keywords first. For a better SEO efficiency use a title form like Post title | Blog title or Post title - Blog title. Changeing the title tag is very simple ,just follow the steps bellow:

1. Edit your blog template HTML (go to Layout , Edit HTML) and search (Ctrl+F for FireFox) for this line :

<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>

2. Replace it with this code:

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'> <title> <data:blog.pageName/> | <data:blog.title/> </title> <b:else/> <title> <data:blog.pageTitle/> </title> </b:if>

3. The character in red is separating the post title from the blog title, you can use any other character or keyword instead.

UPDATE: Please read my other post about optimizing the posts title tag with h1 headings!

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