Comments on: Title Tags – A Search Engine Optimization Cornerstone http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/ Internet Marketing, Website Promotion and Blogging Advice Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:11:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: AutoCAD Drafting http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/comment-page-1/#comment-126197 AutoCAD Drafting Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:48:14 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/#comment-126197 Nice and informative article. Nice and informative article.

]]> By: Dawid Ryba http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/comment-page-1/#comment-75315 Dawid Ryba Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:10:10 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/#comment-75315 This is an interesting post. Give you something to thing. This is an interesting post.
Give you something to thing.

]]> By: MemoTrek http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/comment-page-1/#comment-34853 MemoTrek Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:13:50 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/#comment-34853 wow! just what i was looking for, very interesting blogs and thanks out to all for the discussion! i am about to experiment on just this topic on one of my sites www.memotrek.com selling USB flash drives - a highly competitive area where keyword battles and daily struggles for ranking prevail. my guess is that usability is important. a customer browsing to buy promotional USB drives will in most cases have several tabs open at the same time and i want him to see and remember the company name - and return to that page as to further walk down that tunnel of conversion. it would really be nice though with a social experiment to see if this would actually make a difference for users.... wow! just what i was looking for, very interesting blogs and thanks out to all for the discussion!

i am about to experiment on just this topic on one of my sites http://www.memotrek.com selling USB flash drives – a highly competitive area where keyword battles and daily struggles for ranking prevail.

my guess is that usability is important.

a customer browsing to buy promotional USB drives will in most cases have several tabs open at the same time and i want him to see and remember the company name – and return to that page as to further walk down that tunnel of conversion.

it would really be nice though with a social experiment to see if this would actually make a difference for users….

]]> By: Title Tags and SEO : Need a boost? - Ohio Search Engine Optimization (SEO) : Cleveland , Ohio http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/comment-page-1/#comment-25083 Title Tags and SEO : Need a boost? - Ohio Search Engine Optimization (SEO) : Cleveland , Ohio Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:56:00 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/#comment-25083 [...] The title tag has been and will continue to be one of the most important elements in search engine rankings. Title tags are the over-arching descriptors for the page; they communicate with the search engines telling them what each page is about. Don’t overlook your title tags. Their importance simply can’t be denied. [...] [...] The title tag has been and will continue to be one of the most important elements in search engine rankings. Title tags are the over-arching descriptors for the page; they communicate with the search engines telling them what each page is about. Don’t overlook your title tags. Their importance simply can’t be denied. [...]

]]> By: Golgotha http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/comment-page-1/#comment-19618 Golgotha Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:21:23 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/#comment-19618 @Fedevit - np, thanks for checking us out - hope you find what you need. mark @Fedevit – np, thanks for checking us out – hope you find what you need.

mark

]]> By: Fedevit http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/comment-page-1/#comment-19616 Fedevit Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:53:06 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/#comment-19616 OK, sorry I was a bit too fast in my judgement. The fact is that I use to analyze sites' code of web experts I'm fan of and I had great expectation from yours. However you're right this is not a big deal. To make you forgive me I want you to know that I'm doing a research about SEO and I found the articles of yours all damn useful. OK, sorry I was a bit too fast in my judgement.
The fact is that I use to analyze sites’ code of web experts I’m fan of and I had great expectation from yours.
However you’re right this is not a big deal. To make you forgive me I want you to know that I’m doing a research about SEO and I found the articles of yours all damn useful.

]]> By: Golgotha http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/comment-page-1/#comment-19614 Golgotha Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:38:55 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/#comment-19614 @Fedevit: I use a script to write all my meta data. It does a pretty good job, although not a perfect job. But as I don't wish to do it for every page written I can live with it. @Fedevit: I use a script to write all my meta data. It does a pretty good job, although not a perfect job. But as I don’t wish to do it for every page written I can live with it.

]]> By: Fedevit http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/comment-page-1/#comment-19609 Fedevit Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:51:03 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/#comment-19609 I thought good stuff, really well written and it goes right to the point. Then I checked your page's sorgent thinking: "this guy really knows what he's talking about, lets learn from how he keeps his own site as well". This is the result: meta name="keywords" content="Title Tags - A Search Engine Optimization Cornerstone" /> meta name="keywords" content="The Search Engine Relationship Chart" /> And now I wonder, why on hearth do you talk a way and walk another? You've just told us not to use common words like "the, an, in, by", keep the keywords as short as you can, etc. I'm just disappointed, that's all. I thought good stuff, really well written and it goes right to the point. Then I checked your page’s sorgent thinking: “this guy really knows what he’s talking about, lets learn from how he keeps his own site as well”. This is the result:

meta name=”keywords” content=”Title Tags – A Search Engine Optimization Cornerstone” />

meta name=”keywords” content=”The Search Engine Relationship Chart” />

And now I wonder, why on hearth do you talk a way and walk another?
You’ve just told us not to use common words like “the, an, in, by”, keep the keywords as short as you can, etc.
I’m just disappointed, that’s all.

]]> By: Title tags: six steps to search engine nirvana http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/comment-page-1/#comment-16584 Title tags: six steps to search engine nirvana Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:11:51 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/#comment-16584 [...] Title Tags - A Search Engine Optimization Cornerstone [...] [...] Title Tags – A Search Engine Optimization Cornerstone [...]

]]> By: Mark http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/comment-page-1/#comment-14906 Mark Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:14:23 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/#comment-14906 Due to the 60 character limitation, what if solve both parts of the issue and use your first 60 words for SEO, and the rest for your company and/or branding. Then you have all the positives of Search Engine Optimization along with branding, usability, and bookmarking capabilities. -Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for my site to be ranked! Due to the 60 character limitation, what if solve both parts of the issue and use your first 60 words for SEO, and the rest for your company and/or branding. Then you have all the positives of Search Engine Optimization along with branding, usability, and bookmarking capabilities.

-Meanwhile, I’m still waiting for my site to be ranked!

]]> By: 10 Blogging Mistakes / Why Your Blog Struggles http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/comment-page-1/#comment-9962 10 Blogging Mistakes / Why Your Blog Struggles Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:24:54 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/#comment-9962 [...] For further reading on the importance of Title tags read “Title Tags - A Search Engine Optimization Cornerstone.” [...] [...] For further reading on the importance of Title tags read “Title Tags – A Search Engine Optimization Cornerstone.” [...]

]]> By: Golgotha http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/comment-page-1/#comment-6586 Golgotha Wed, 30 May 2007 12:59:56 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/#comment-6586 @Slemps, good points - If I was Citibank I may include the name in my title; at the end. But, then again, maybe not... I would check stats and do some testing though. @Slemps, good points – If I was Citibank I may include the name in my title; at the end. But, then again, maybe not… I would check stats and do some testing though.

]]> By: Slemps http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/comment-page-1/#comment-6546 Slemps Wed, 30 May 2007 10:55:39 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/#comment-6546 Good article Mark, I too have been wondering about whether to remove branding from my titles. I would also be intersted in some retina heat map data on a SERP containing listings with and without brand names at the beginning of the title. Personally, I would scan the page and my eye would be drawn to the big brand names that I know. 9 times out of 10 I would probably click on the Barclays, Citibank etc link, rather than a page with 'Online banking and investment services' as a title. I think maybe for smaller, lesser known companies you are correct but in my opinion, big brands that have built their brand awareness already are fighting for their *name* to appear as a relevant result for a competitive query. S. Good article Mark, I too have been wondering about whether to remove branding from my titles.

I would also be intersted in some retina heat map data on a SERP containing listings with and without brand names at the beginning of the title.

Personally, I would scan the page and my eye would be drawn to the big brand names that I know. 9 times out of 10 I would probably click on the Barclays, Citibank etc link, rather than a page with ‘Online banking and investment services’ as a title.

I think maybe for smaller, lesser known companies you are correct but in my opinion, big brands that have built their brand awareness already are fighting for their *name* to appear as a relevant result for a competitive query.

S.

]]> By: Seo Mumbai » Title Tags - A Search Engine Optimization Cornerstone http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/comment-page-1/#comment-6091 Seo Mumbai » Title Tags - A Search Engine Optimization Cornerstone Thu, 24 May 2007 01:42:05 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/#comment-6091 [...] is a great article on title tags for your website over at Search-This. It is amazing how often title tags are ignored, even by the [...] [...] is a great article on title tags for your website over at Search-This. It is amazing how often title tags are ignored, even by the [...]

]]> By: TOMAS http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/comment-page-1/#comment-5362 TOMAS Mon, 14 May 2007 00:17:36 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/05/09/title-tags-a-search-engine-optimization-cornerstone/#comment-5362 You make a good point Mark, I'll have to give it a try. You make a good point Mark, I’ll have to give it a try.

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