Optimizing Title Tags for Search Engines
2007-06-14 (8:41 pm) : by ralfordStatistics for 'ralford'
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Posts: 126
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I've noticed descriptive titles in tons of webpages (especially weblogs), but it didn't occur to me that the title tag plays a role search engines rank. I always saw the title tag as a usability thing: if I have multiple Firefox tabs open that belong to the same domain, I can quickly read the tab to see which one I want to make active.
According to the SEO experts at SEOmoz.org, the top positive factor that helps with a website's Google ranking is using keywords in the title tag. Last night, I added this enhancement to the posts and wiki entries on Ralford.net.
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Post a Comment 2007-06-15 (4:07 pm) : by Jacob[No information available]
Good call. I spent the evening yesterday adding tags to _all_ my blog entries (body tags, but I'll include them in the title as well when I get a chance).
2007-06-15 (6:40 pm) : by ralfordStatistics for 'ralford'
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Jacob - I know you use LiveJournal... I'm surprised that the title tags aren't already setup for you. How does that work anyway: Do you get a copy of code to play with? Or is everything preset and you get to select themes, plugins, options, etc?
2007-06-16 (12:49 am) : by Jacob[No information available]
Body tags are already set up without any code modification. Title tags aren't for some reason, but with Livejournal I can modify any of the layout code or styles, so it won't be too difficult to implement.