Interesting problem. I am having a hard time understanding why correct semantic markup and use of headings would have a negative impact on SEO. Kiran, can your team provide you with more context and information about what they were seeing with SEO results and headings that led them to remove the markup?
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Subject: Re: Heading tags for accessibility and impact on SEO
On 22/09/2022 18:35, Kiran wrote:
> the other team replied that it is removed intentionally for SEO reasons.
I think we'd really need to know what those reasons were. I would have
hoped that correct semantic markup would help with search engines
(unless they are trying to mislead the search engine).
