Is this title SEO friendly?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by cartoonbabyboy, Jul 2, 2013.

  1. #1
    So my website is a review website where I review different products. I am currently reviewing loans. My question is, would it be considered keyword stuffing if I include all the types of loans in the title?

    Let's say I am reviewing a bank called MyBank and they offer car loans, home loans, personal loans and wedding loans. Is this title suitable for the page:

    MyBank Car Loans Review | Home, Personal, Wedding - MyWebsite.com

    In the description I have also included the types of loans like:

    "A review on MyBank Car Loans and for their home, personal and wedding loans as well. Read the review here."

    My ranking has been going downhill for the past month and was wondering if this could be the cause.
     
    cartoonbabyboy, Jul 2, 2013 IP
  2. PPC Nerd

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    #2
    The search engines only look at exact keywords/phrases in your title, and they only look at the first 70 characters, which is about 3-4 words. So no your method will not help your rankings.
     
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  3. Kyle Stester

    Kyle Stester Greenhorn

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    #3
    Your website Title and Description length is perfect, but you have a problem in title, make your title more descriptive and efficient, so use long tail keywords instead of single key phrase.
     
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  4. cartoonbabyboy

    cartoonbabyboy Active Member

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    Can you give me an example of a long tail keyword for the title?
     
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  5. cartoonbabyboy

    cartoonbabyboy Active Member

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    The reason to why I'm asking is because I want to know whether or not I should write everything the product has to offer in one single review or multiple. So should I write separate reviews for their home loans, car loans, persoal loans, etc. and title each page like "MyBank Car Loan Reviews", "MyBank Personal Loan Reviews" etc. or should I just put everything into one review and title the way I mentioned: MyBank Car Loans Review | Home, Personal, Wedding
     
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  6. Kyle Stester

    Kyle Stester Greenhorn

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    You can use this title:

    Car Loan Review, Loan for Wedding, Home & Personal Loans - MyWebsite.com

    this title length is 72 characters.
     
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    #7

    use geo location if target market is local then
     
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  8. cartoonbabyboy

    cartoonbabyboy Active Member

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    yeah my site has a .ca extension.
     
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    nonsense
     
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    As PPC Nerd said that search engines only look at exact keywords/phrases in your title, and they only look at the first 70 characters and this is absolutely right. So you need to review this title. You can make separate web page for each keywords like a web page for MyBank Car Loans Review and a web page for Wedding loans, etc. Make a descriptive title for each web page including you keywords, I think this method will be helpful for you.
     
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    Revelations-Decoder Well-Known Member

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    no it is not 70 is the guideline for visual (and human "seen in the index" effect) only and nothing to do with what gets read by googlebot
     
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  12. PPC Nerd

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    You obviously don't know what you're talking about.
     
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    @PPC Nerd your the expert!
     
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    #14
    Your title should be as short but as descriptive as possible. Try to aim for as few words as you can, and you should be okay. As far as you original idea, it might be okay for your Meta title (the one in your web code only visible to search engines) but not necessary for your actual page title (the text visible to everyone).
     
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  15. My Property Stores

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    #15
    Try to use keywords in title that you want to optimize on search engine or title must be at least 70 characters long.
     
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    Title must contain keyword. Title expressing keywords is user friendly.
     
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    What if my title is of 100 characters? Wouldn't it rank?
     
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  18. petersmith5544

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    SEO benefits are excellent, as well. One inbound link from an authoritative blog in your niche can be worth a thousand times more than a single low-quality link.
     
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    #19
    In my experience, if the title is too long, it gets cut off somewhere around the 60th character.
    Plus, of course Google can see the entire code of your webpage, including your entire title.
    It just doesn't want the search results page have chunks of text of different length (which is unsightly), so, it makes all titles about the same length.
    So, it's not true that Google doesn't consider anything past 70 characters in your title.
    However, I remember reading a study (don't have a link anymore, because it was a while ago) which proved that moving the keyword towards the beginning of the title helps you rank higher. Don't know how reliable this info is, but...
    Anyway, when in doubt, ask a competitor. One can always use some free web site auditor and to see the average title length and keyword prominence of top-ranking competitors, and just follow their example.
    But of course you need to use your own brain as well.

    Cheers,
    K
     
    Last edited: Jul 31, 2013
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    Hi friend i would like to recommend that you have to use Google Keyword tools while studying key words using to your contents. After getting keywords knowledge from Google Keyword Tools, you will write perfect content with effective keywords.
     
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