This factor counts how many questions appear in a page’s H6 headings. It returns a whole number — often zero, since H6 is the deepest heading level and most pages never reach it. Treat it as an observation about your heading structure, not a target to inflate.
| Factor ID | RG-RDB-012 |
|---|---|
| Family | Readability & Questions |
| Measurement | Question count |
| Measured zone | H6 text |
What it measures
RankGear counts the questions parsed from a page’s H6 headings. H6 is the sixth and deepest heading level in the HTML hierarchy, so on most pages this count is zero — the value only rises when a page nests content deeply enough to use H6 and phrases those headings as questions.
How RankGear measures it
RankGear runs its question parser over each H6 element on the page and sums every recognized question. The result is a single count across all H6 headings. The metric is not capped, so a page with many question-phrased H6 headings will report a correspondingly higher number.
How to optimize it
Use a question in an H6 only when it genuinely belongs at the sixth level of your heading hierarchy, and follow that question with a precise, direct answer. This is an observation about how deep and how question-driven your structure is, not a number to push upward — adding H6 questions for their own sake works against readability. For the vast majority of pages, zero is the correct and expected value.
Important considerations
- Zero is normal for most pages — H6 is rarely reached in a well-structured document.
- The count is not capped, so it can grow without limit as more question H6 headings are added.
- The metric counts questions in H6 text only; it does not validate whether your heading hierarchy is correct or logically nested.
- Avoid artificial deep nesting to manufacture H6 headings — it degrades readability without genuine structural value.
- This is a correlation-based measurement within a result set, not a lever that makes a page rank. A higher or lower H6 question count does not guarantee any ranking outcome.
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