Title and Description testing

I was wondering,
if you do some testing by changing your title and description and lose rank where you had a page 1 for a phrase, will you get the rank back on Google by putting the original title and description back? Or is there a chance of not getting it back?

Thanks

 

As to the original question, you do sometimes temporarily lose rankings after making major onpage changes. You may want to wait a bit to see if you rankings come back. If they don't come back in a week or two, then I would switch it back to the original title and description. Google might not like all the changes, but your rankings should come back eventually.

 

Thanks vansterdam,
I have a couple of decent placements on page 1 but have several Great placements on page 2 that haven't moved.
But I have been hesitant to try some tweaking in fear of losing my current status.
Nothing ventured nothing gained I guess.

 

This is a very interesting question. From my experience, once you change something in Google's eyes, they will re-rank you for whatever new you've done, so even if you changed it back to the old title and description, I don't think Google will just slot you straight back in due to other people ranking.

However if Google had to do a rollback or for some unknown reason, Google puts your old title and description back, then you'll be ranking where you did before you modified them.

 

Ok I assumed you had already done the change and lost rankings. Well if you are on page 2 you definitely should try tweaking things to see if they can help. You should also try building more backlinks targeting that keywords...things like article submissions, blog commenting, etc.

 

I don't think it will always come back, especially if you received a human visit from google.

 

Well, we're going to find out. The damage is done.
The page 1 placements weren't producing that well anyway. The second page entries are far more searched.

 

I have tried it successfully a couple of times (changing back) but twice my website failed to rank back without considerable effort.

 

Maybe yes, but google should index first your newly updated title and description to take effect.

 

In my experience, I have regained my old rankings for changes that have hurt my Google placement...once I put the original title and description back.

 

You have to love the "hurry up and wait of SEO". It's been ten minutes since I last checked. Should I check again?

If anything it teaches one patience.

 

Well, Google has already updated much of my changes. For the phrases I was worried about, I moved up 1 notch in the ladder
Some gain on the targets I was testing also.
I'll give it a couple of weeks and see if they move anymore.

 

Hey Everyone. Great timing. I just fell to the second page at #11 for the keyword search SEO SEATTLE. I immediately tweaked the description and title tags and am hoping this gets me back there to page one pronto.
There are 1.4 million pages where the keyword group appears. I will let you know...

 

I've done lots of testing and found that my site will return to the previous rank with title changes. Descriptions have made no difference at all. The only reason you wouldn't return is that someone else in the rankings has changed something in a postive way and jumped a few spots. If you are in the top 5 spots you'll go back to where you were but the further down the list you are the more change on other sites there will be!

To get you optimum try a three word title and see where you get!

 

Don't concern yourself with the description - Concentrate on good titles - that is the most important.

 

in my point of view they will rank you back from what used to be your rankings.

 

I got up and checked today, Google still remains as yesterday, Yahoo had some advancements, but, I noticed I was getting traffic from MSN, someone I seldom get traffic from.
It seems my tests put me on the front page of MSN for several of my phrases.

So all good so far.
I just launched my affiliate program and next is my redesign that should be a much more SEO friendly design.
My CS person will be happy to see some sales - she is looking bored and hates cleaning the stock room.

 

OK, almost 4 days into the test and one of the phrases from page 2 is now placement #6

Also a couple of main phrases I was off the board for are now in sight.
And the best part, 2 new sales from my newly acquired #6

The old placements I was worried about losing are the same or gained on Google. I did have a loss of 1 placement for 1 of the phrases on Yahoo...but that is ok. I'll take the Google gain any day.

So I am hoping with some backlinks to these I can gain within #3......#1 is held by a very big dog on every phrase and taking them just isn't going to happen........yet

 

Hi jitendraag

I agree with you.

 

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