What is the best way to write page titles?

Can anyone tell me the best way to create page titles, specifically the title that appears at the top of the browser window.

I've tried just writing a short sentence about the page, but then I see other people just using keywords and the site name separated by dashes. For example which of the following is better for SEO;

Spanish for beginners with free downloads and exercises

or

Beginner Spanish - free downloads - website.url

 

I think first one would be better.

 

In the title you must have more keywords of each post.

Try the first one.

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Hi I am a prof SEO. I would suggest - Spanish for Beginners | Free Spanish Exercise Downloads
But would recommend proper keyword research to find better keywords.

 

Use any keyword research tools and find out related keywords for your blog ,put them with spaces in your title and optimize for those keywords...

 

This sounds interesting, can you recommend a good tool for finding related keywords? I just did a Google search for it and a load of not so good results came up, seems like everyone has their personal favourite but I always like to get real opinions in places like DP.

 

Just use KeywordToolExternal and it will tell you the search volume for a particular keywords. Depends on what you are aiming for.

 

the first one is better and more user friendly

 

Keep titles short and specific. avoid un-necessary words and try not to over-repeat things. Use your keyword score to evaluate what the main keywords are and try to fit it into the title. If you stuff the title with keywords

i.e. my spanish website, spain,learning,book,fun,games,whatever

it will hurt your ranking. If you make it natural and organic i.e.

Spanish For Beginners - Downloads, Exercises and Learning Resources for novices and experts alike!

google will love you.