Comments on: Title Tag Optimization for SEO http://www.agent-seo.com/seo/title-tag-optimization-seo/ Jacob Stoops - SEO & Wordpress Expert in Columbus, OH. Learn Search Engine Optimization (SEO) through my SEO Tips. I explain SEO best practices for Wordpress, Local Search, Web Design, and more. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kevin http://www.agent-seo.com/seo/title-tag-optimization-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-1445 Kevin Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:41:31 +0000 http://www.agent-seo.com/?p=66#comment-1445 I am pulling together some basic training for my bloggers and I want to pull together a super basic "top 5" list of things to do when making a title for a blog. I assume some of your web page title tips will apply, but wondering if you have any other specific ideas for blog titles (or a post on it that I missed). Specifically, I am wondering about creating titles with high search/low competition. Wondering what you think about the second half of this post http://ezinearticles.com/?Keyword-Popularity-Research---How-to-Use-the-Google-Search-Box-to-Identify-Your-Competition&id=2573860. I tried the google search system intitle:"word" inanchor:"word" with long-tail word combo's but I think this might be a waste of time. I don't want to overwhelm my bloggers, just want to give them some basic tips. Can you help? I am pulling together some basic training for my bloggers and I want to pull together a super basic “top 5″ list of things to do when making a title for a blog. I assume some of your web page title tips will apply, but wondering if you have any other specific ideas for blog titles (or a post on it that I missed).

Specifically, I am wondering about creating titles with high search/low competition. Wondering what you think about the second half of this post http://ezinearticles.com/?Keyword-Popularity-Research—How-to-Use-the-Google-Search-Box-to-Identify-Your-Competition&id=2573860.
I tried the google search system intitle:”word” inanchor:”word” with long-tail word combo’s but I think this might be a waste of time.

I don’t want to overwhelm my bloggers, just want to give them some basic tips.

Can you help?

]]> By: Rich http://www.agent-seo.com/seo/title-tag-optimization-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-998 Rich Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:36:01 +0000 http://www.agent-seo.com/?p=66#comment-998 Ok - then thanks Ok – then thanks

]]> By: Jacob Stoops http://www.agent-seo.com/seo/title-tag-optimization-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-997 Jacob Stoops Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:47:15 +0000 http://www.agent-seo.com/?p=66#comment-997 It means that they skip the STOP words, making it optimal to eliminate them so that you don't waste any of the valuable SEO real estate that is the title. It means that they skip the STOP words, making it optimal to eliminate them so that you don’t waste any of the valuable SEO real estate that is the title.

]]> By: Rich http://www.agent-seo.com/seo/title-tag-optimization-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-994 Rich Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:46:07 +0000 http://www.agent-seo.com/?p=66#comment-994 I am still confused about stop words in the title tag, despite reading this article and a dozen others. 1) Does it mean that search engines skip over the title tag if it contains a stop word? 2) Does it mean that search engines skip the remainder of the title tag following a stop word in the title? If the answer to both questions is "no" then the issue seems to boil down to using up your allotment of characters... but maybe that is no big deal if you don't need many characters anyway. Maybe I just don't understand "title tag". If I understand your above points about keywords and optimizing the title tag, I guess the title tag is not really for human consumption then? My "home page" title tage, for example is this- Home Business on Your Mind? Starting or Growing a Home Business? I am thinking human reader. So this is better -? Starting Home Business Growing Home Business Another example - The Pitfall of a Slogan and Attraction-Based Follow Up Which is the actual title on the page text. (The slogan is "The fortune is in the follow up") Soooo. Is this better: Attraction-Based Follow Up Fortune I am still confused about stop words in the title tag, despite reading this article and a dozen others.
1) Does it mean that search engines skip over the title tag if it contains a stop word?
2) Does it mean that search engines skip the remainder of the title tag following a stop word in the title?

If the answer to both questions is “no” then the issue seems to boil down to using up your allotment of characters… but maybe that is no big deal if you don’t need many characters anyway.

Maybe I just don’t understand “title tag”. If I understand your above points about keywords and optimizing the title tag, I guess the title tag is not really for human consumption then?

My “home page” title tage, for example is this-
Home Business on Your Mind? Starting or Growing a Home Business?
I am thinking human reader. So this is better -?
Starting Home Business Growing Home Business

Another example –
The Pitfall of a Slogan and Attraction-Based Follow Up
Which is the actual title on the page text. (The slogan is “The fortune is in the follow up”) Soooo. Is this better:
Attraction-Based Follow Up Fortune

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