As you may be aware, the standard title structure in phpBB forums is as follows: Site Name :: View topic - Topic Title So for example: Just Chat :: View topic - Borat movie review This isn’t particularly good for search engine rankings - they place considerable importance on the titles of your pages. Having your site name as the first part of your title means the actual title of the topic drops in importance. The additional inclusion of the phrase ‘View topic’ on each page further dilutes the quality of your titles. How to optimise page titles in phpBB3 But now upgraded to phpbb3 , "How to optimise page titles in phpBB3" ?
its important matter for all forum owners not only for phpbb3 , look what this digitalpoint forum also change their TITLE position ... thats why they are making good amount and this forum getting lots visitors from search engine.
<title>{SITENAME} • <!-- IF S_IN_MCP -->{L_MCP} • <!-- ELSEIF S_IN_UCP -->{L_UCP} • <!-- ENDIF -->{PAGE_TITLE}</title> to <title>{PAGE_TITLE} • <!-- IF S_IN_MCP -->{L_MCP} • <!-- ELSEIF S_IN_UCP -->{L_UCP} • <!-- ENDIF -->{SITENAME}</title> I would assume. In Overall_Header.html...
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this few changes is not enough i think this will help , but the problem facing now i have post this here Phpbb3 Error NO New Topic Butten
Sir when i do this procedure i got a big problem when i open my index page the title this type -GSM MOBILE FORUM | Mobile Prices In Pakistan When i open a topic he show like this Nokia Mobile - GSM MOBILE FORUM | Mobile Prices In Pakistan How To Remvoe The - at shown on the index page like this (-GSM MOBILE FORUM | Mobile Prices In Pakistan) Plz Help ME