title: Using a H1 logo in HTML5
body: <p>The "h1 tag with an image" debate seems as old as time itself, but with <a href="http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/the-truth-about-multiple-h1-tags-in-the-html5-era--webdesign-16824" rel="nofollow">HTML5 explicitly allowing multiple H1 tags as part of its spec</a>, all the previous questions on this subject seem out of date. </p>
  
  <p>As I understand it, the following works perfectly with the <a href="http://gsnedders.html5.org/outliner/" rel="nofollow">HTML OA</a>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;body&gt;
    &lt;header&gt;
      &lt;h1&gt;
        &lt;a href="http://www.example.com"&gt; 
          &lt;img src="logo.png" alt="Ernie's Restaurant - Great Italian food"&gt;
        &lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/h1&gt;
    &lt;/header&gt;
  
    &lt;nav&gt;&lt;!-- the site-wide navigation --&gt;&lt;/nav&gt; 
  
    &lt;article&gt;
      &lt;h1&gt;About us&lt;/h1&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/article&gt;
  
  &lt;/body&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I'm working with an SEO company on a website and they've told me:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"The logo link CAN’T be H1. It doesn’t make sense."</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Are they right? Is there something bad about the above document outline? If you can't put the logo in a H1 tag, why do <a href="http://www.w3.org/" rel="nofollow">the W3C do it themselves on their website</a>?</p>
  
  <p>These people are supposedly SEO experts, but I just don't understand their complaint. What am I missing?</p>