A Lesson in Good Titles - 100x More Se Traffic

Great info on this thread.

I'd like to add that I recently read somewhere (can't find the source now) that Google only indexes up to 10 words from the page title so keep it to 10 or less.

 

I know that they limit keyword phrases in AdWords campaigns to 10 words, so that would make sense.

 

That's not entirely true.

Your confusing what Google shows in the results pages. In the results pages they only show a set number of characters from your title (about 65 I think) so if you go over this your title will be truncated on the search results pages.

However Google does appear to read the whole title if it is longer (it just doesn't show it all in the results_ - but by making it longer you do dilute the title and Google probably considers any word within the title to be less important.

So it is good practice to keep the title relatively short.

 

Excellent post, thanks for the advice. I'm new to the forum and just an amateur at this website running caper.
Nice to see people sharing such valuable info. I'll be back... and often.

 

Is it advisable to use the same word twice right after each other like 'Amplifier Amplifier' in the title?
Wouldn't the search engines think you are trying to spam the keyword 'Amplifier' a bit?

EDIT : As I thought the original article this was taken from only has the word 'Amplifier' once in the example. Must have been a mistake by the OP.

 

Excellent Tips.

 

Yep that was just a typo

I posted it here first and then proof read it before it went on my blog.

 

none of my pages show up in the first three page, and my site is up for like a month now
is this normal

 

thanks Jason, nice tip on writing the title. will you share more seo tip with us?

 

I occasionally post tips on my blog.

But most of my knowledge is given out in the private mentor group I run (see sig) - closes to new members on Wednsday.

 

Thanks very much for such a nice tip.

 

Yes, this is quite normal. You are competing against thousands, maybe millions, of websites for your keywords. Keep at it!

 

Yep persistance pays off.

Keep building links and adding more content.

While I may have a site where each page on the site averages 100-500 visitors a month, the fact is that:

50% of pages get no traffic
20% get a trickle (maybe 10 a month)
10% get 10 - 100
10% get 100-500
and 10% get 1000-100,000

The more you put out there the more chance you get of hitting good rankings.

As you get better at understanding nichem the demand vs. competition of particular keywords/subniches you will be able to better pick the topics for your posts which consistently hit high traffic levels.

 

thanks for your article

 

Interesting post. I found titles to be VERY important ... make sure you spend some time developing relevant titles for all your pages ....

 

Nice post. title do make difference not only for search engines but also in article directory. Titles with Keyword and crisp message get picked by users and search engine.

 

I couldnt agree more, the title tag is IMO the most important SEO factor anyone can use to gain great rankings fast!

 

Great stuff. on here.. Added thread to favorite to refer back to it later =)

 

Great Post! Thanks for sharing, i have gotten few tips there

 

it is very useful to me i am new to this seo