Title Tag Optimization (insider)

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Title Tag Optimization

is one of the oldest attributes there is to a webpage’s layout.

It is also one of the most important

attributes that you will ever get to use in your on site optimization.

As a user…

you see the title tag in the top-leftmost part of your internet browser.

It is also used in the search engine results page as indicated in the illustration:

title tag

It doesn’t take a genius to create a title tag.

You can always see how title tags are created in the source code of an internet browser.

It doesn’t take a genius to create a title tag.

If you’re using , press CTRL+U and

you’ll see the source code of this page.

Press CTRL+F and look for <title> and you immediately see the title I used for this entry.

are valuable.

It holds really good weight as an

on site optimization factor

– giving you a good foundation for your desired keyword.

It also lets users know what your page

is all about in the search engines and in your website itself.

But don’t stuff too much keywords in it.

The title tag is good for 70 characters. More than that,

The title tag is good for 70 characters. More than that, and the search engines will

show an ellipsis (…) to indicate that the excess characters in the title tag has not been included anymore.

It is also advised that the

keywords in the title tag should be found in the body of the content for

consistency.

It would be great if your title tag is also an on-page H1 title tag.

It would be great if your title tag is also an on-page H1 title tag. For example: This article’s H1 title is the same as the page’s title tag (Title tag optimization tutorial).

Another good strategy for the title tag is that you should place the keywords that you want to rank for in front.

“Why” you ask? Well…

Title Tag Optimization (insider)

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