Dynamic Page Titles - A user generated or rules based approach?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by promediacorp, Nov 3, 2006.

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    I have an NYC real estate website.

    Each property listing has a dynamic title. I decided to use a rules based approach when titling the property.

    For example, a 1 bedroom condo in Greenwhich Village is assigned the following rule:

    Title = "Location", "# Bedrooms", "Apartment Type"

    (Title = "Greenwhich Village, 1 Bedroom, Rental")

    see:

    http://www.markdavidny.com/Soho/Rental-Property/243330

    I'm thinking about changing the rule over to what the agents put into the CMS as the listing title. For example, "Sunny 1 BR in the village for rent".

    This approach will allow for each listing to be truly titled uniquely, whereas a rules based approach often creates pages with identical titles.

    Which makes more sense - what the user (Realtor) enters into the CMS as the page title, or what I decide the page title should be?
     
    promediacorp, Nov 3, 2006 IP
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    Realtor decides...
     
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    Realtor decided title would make more sense.
     
    shahzad, Nov 3, 2006 IP