h1 tags inside a paragraph effect seo

Question

I have created a paragraph and put my h1 tags in the middle of it. I'm trying to rank for freelance web design Belfast and it's in the middle of the text because it looks better design-wise on the page. Will this affect page rank?

    <span class="meet">Meet Jonny.</span><br/>
    <span class="freelance">An award-winning <h1 class="h1-home">freelance web designer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland</h1>, who creates eye-catching responsive websites. Follow him on <a target="_blank" href="">Twitter</a>, flick through his <a target="_blank" href="">Flickr</a>, or just say <a target="_blank" href="">hello.</a></span>

Answer 1

The h1 tag is not supposed to be used like that instead you can use a class CSS attribute. But I don't think using h1 tag like that would harm the SEO. The h1 tag mainly helps google determine the important words on your site/page. If you have valuable and relevant content on your page then using the h1 tags like this won't be a problem.