General Guidelines for Number of Keywords in Title Tags?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Comenius, Mar 20, 2007.

  1. #1
    I know it's important to have keywords in your Title Tags. In my site right now (link in sig), I've got 12 keywords (4 groups of 3 each, each group separated by a bar), in addition to the 3 words that make up the name of the web site itself, for a total of 15.

    Is this OK? Too many? Each one of the keyword groups is a search term that is frequently used to visit my site, and a target search market that I would like to capture.

    Appreciate any insight!
     
    Comenius, Mar 20, 2007 IP
  2. poksa

    poksa Banned

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    #2
    The normal Characters in Meta Title is 60char. But its Depend on you,
    because you can excess characters as you can. But you can have
    Problem in Snippet your page.:)
     
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    I dont think having keywords repeat works very well for google anymore.
     
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    I find that a repeated keyword works if it is in a longer title. It all has to do with percentages.

    As for a general guideline on number of keywords, it just depends on what you are going for. Are you confident that you can rank for a two keyword phrase? Is the two keyword phrase even worth ranking for if you don't have the longer phrases?
     
    PoemofQuotes, Mar 20, 2007 IP
  5. Comenius

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    All my keyword phrases are three word phrases. I'm using 4 of them, in addition to the three word phrase that makes up my domain name. As a result, I have 15 total keywords in my title tag. Is this a problem?
     
    Comenius, Mar 21, 2007 IP
  6. CraigslistGuy

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    Repeating the same keywords multiple times may be taken for keyword stuffing.
     
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