Using the (C) Copyright Symbol in your Website Title

Will this affect rankings?
For instance...

<title>Blue Widgetsâ“’ are sold here</title>

would the â“’ after Widgets hurt rankings?

 

Meh, I doubt it. Stuff like that or - or | is typically just ignored.

Nigel

 

formally its ignored to used but dn't think it make any bad impact on result.

 

yes, it effects your search rankings. try not to use it in title

 

"yes, it effects your search rankings. try not to use it in title"

No it doesn't. Do you actually have any metrics to qualify your assertions?

Nigel

 

Why would you want to put it in your title? You don't copyright trade/product names.

 

I'd assume the OP meant (R) not (C) -- still, the question qualifies

 

"Why would you want to put it in your title? You don't copyright trade/product names"

I love the zen-like woosh through my hair that occurs when the obvious escapes me lol...

Nigel

 

Lol, someone always has to ask why. I was using the (C) as an example, I meant any symbol

 

There is a document out there that stated "special characters" should not be used. There is no reason to use it anyway, so I would just be safe and not use it.

 

I'm with catanich. Keep it simple in the Title. The special characters might not show up in the Serps. or be translated incorrectly. There's a post on this at Joomladigger called:
Do Not Use Quotes or Special HTML Characters in Your Article Titles

 

I know this is invalid because it does show up correctly.

 

Better not use the copyright symbol. It's not good to use special characters in title tags.

 

Avoid special characters in title tag.

 

avoid using such kinds of char, but if you want , use it at the last

 

it will not hurt your ranking but i would recommend the unix pipe symbol instead