Is this true, an illusion or a new trick <A HREF="www.yourwebsite.com" TITLE="keyword">site title</A> someone told me that this url link with a title tag in it should give you higher ranking
I don't know how much of a higher ranking you're going to get simply from adding the 'title' tags to your links, but it certainly won't hurt.
It can help users with disabilities to read your webpages... and if you link directly to something without a descriptive title eg linking to their URL instead of using a keyword rich title you could place the keywords in the link title tag to give your users a better idea of what the resource is all about. As for SEO purposes I have seen conflicting reports on whether there is benefit to using this or not. They do not appear in SERPs but that doesn't necessarily mean they do not bring value. As for experience, I have seen IMG ALT tags used in SERP descriptions but not link titles...
To me it's halfway between illusion and truth. Truth because it helps in identifying what the site is all about which is always good for people to find out before they click on that link. But it's an illusion to count on it over others. It should be one of the factors and it won't hurt if you add that one in the checklist. Misuse of this feature makes it unstable for future algorithm changes, just as what happened to meta keywords tag. The problem between Mozilla and IE browser is that IE's alt attribute is more or less equivalent to Firefox's title attribute whether images or links.
There are certainly conflicting reports as to whether title text in links makes a difference. As long as it's not abused, it shouldn't hurt, however. Brian
Its a well know technique for seotizing webpages. Probably very small benefits though so you need to weigh time versus benefits
I have never come accross TITLE, but ALT="keyword" makes a big difference. I have recently found that using the ALT tag has improved Googles ability to understand and more importantly register it as a real link. I will try the TITLE tag on one of my sites and see if it works. I will let you know if it works in a few months.. My other blog
Its early days and it may be coincidence but it appears that by using TITLE="keyword" it has improved Googles ability to understand and more importantly register these as real links. I believe this is the case based on what google sitemaps is now telling me under "links to your site". I will let you know if it appears to make a difference to the search possition of this site. Old Telephones
LOL , No , it's an HTML code acuauyl! and is 100% ok ! ALT and TITLE tags appered long time ago , when some computers where 2x86 and didn't got a Graphical web browsers, and others where 3x86 with Windows 3.11 on them and Mozzila as theyre Web Browser So let me explain it! They where people who could see images and those who wheren't albe... because of that this code is : <img src="banner.gif" TitlE="Comercial Ad in Text Line"></img> It may also be used on the <a href... , but he should't use the TITLE, he must to use the ALT TAG <a href="http://microsoftgroups.com" ALT="Microsoft">Microsft</a>