Individual homepage title/title tag on every page

XNet · 08-14-2010, 06:51 AM

I just found a site which changes its title tags and the title displayed on the page according to the article title.

The original site's title is only displayed on the homepage.
The article's title is even used in the copyright footer.

Examples are on the site
reviewbonus4u . com

How does he do that? Is there a Wordpress Plugin for this task.

I guess this is a pretty clever way to get you individual articles ranked. I's not about getting ranked for the term "reviews".
And this guy has good rankings all the time. Even for pages which have nothing on them but stock text.

lstoops · 08-14-2010, 06:55 AM

You can do that with the All in One SEO plugin.

XNet · 08-14-2010, 06:58 AM

Of course! Why didn't I think of that myself. Thanks.
Does the plugin only affect the title tags or also what's displayed on page? In my example the article title is displayed as the homepage title.

yukon · 08-14-2010, 07:15 AM

You don't need a plugin (overkill) just to show individual page titles.

Replace the <title> tag in your header.php file with the code below.

Code:

 
<title><?php {echo the_title('', '');}?></title>

gsport11 · 08-14-2010, 08:11 AM

Having the title of the article and the title of the page being consistent is a logical (and common) best practice. However...

I can understand how this could help a single page within a site (article, for example), but I wonder what this does to the home page. If the home page link's anchor text is different on each page of the site, then how can a SE really know what that page (home page) is supposed to be about? Certainly, the home page can't be optimized for every page title in the site (except, perhaps in a navigation bar). Further, such anchor text would mislead the visitor.

Also, what's the point of employing a copyright that is not an accurate description of the legal entity that actually claims rights to the article/page? Again, this seems misleading.

You can get good on page optimization without purposefully misleading the visitor or the search engines.

lwliang1 · 08-14-2010, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XNet

Of course! Why didn't I think of that myself. Thanks.
Does the plugin only affect the title tags or also what's displayed on page? In my example the article title is displayed as the homepage title.

The plugin changes the title tags, the meta description and the meta tags. You have to actually put the info in yourself, it won't do it automatically though.

dburk · 08-14-2010, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gsport11

Having the title of the article and the title of the page being consistent is a logical (and common) best practice. However...

I can understand how this could help a single page within a site (article, for example), but I wonder what this does to the home page. If the home page link's anchor text is different on each page of the site, then how can a SE really know what that page (home page) is supposed to be about? Certainly, the home page can't be optimized for every page title in the site (except, perhaps in a navigation bar). Further, such anchor text would mislead the visitor.

Also, what's the point of employing a copyright that is not an accurate description of the legal entity that actually claims rights to the article/page? Again, this seems misleading.

You can get good on page optimization without purposefully misleading the visitor or the search engines.

Hi gsport11,

Why would you ask these questions? I reread the entire thread and didn't find anything in this thread that relates to your question. No one said anything about "the home page link's anchor text (being) different". Nor was there anything that would indicate "a copyright that is not an accurate description of the legal entity that actually claims rights to the article/page". Was there another post that got deleted?

XNet · 08-14-2010, 12:15 PM

Nono, gsport11 is right.
If you look at the example page reviewbonus4u . com then the copyright link changes every time according to which article you're viewing.

My question is this: This guy isn't keen on building a following or getting the site ranked for one keyword. Every article he's writing is targeting another keyword with extremely low competition. People who come to this site via Google just see one blog post and that's what they want. And as far as I see this strategy gets him ranked even when he puts no content in his blog posts. Is this due to changing the whole page's title and title tags according to the article's keyword?

clickbump · 08-14-2010, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yukon

You don't need a plugin (overkill) just to show individual page titles.

Replace the <title> tag in your header.php file with the code below.

Code:

 
<title><?php {echo the_title('', '');}?></title>

If you are OK with meddling a bit with the code, Yukon's suggestion is the most appropriate. However, since the title tag is by far the most significant piece text in terms of SEO, if your current theme isn't even doing this, I'd consider looking for a more SEO friendly theme.

balonge · 01-13-2011, 04:38 AM

I tried this, but I still have all my navigation pages showing the same title, description and keywords from the index.php file. Any suggestions?

08-14-2010, 06:51 AM	#1
XNet Warrior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 29 Thanks: 11 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Individual homepage title/title tag on every page I just found a site which changes its title tags and the title displayed on the page according to the article title. The original site's title is only displayed on the homepage. The article's title is even used in the copyright footer. Examples are on the site reviewbonus4u . com How does he do that? Is there a Wordpress Plugin for this task. I guess this is a pretty clever way to get you individual articles ranked. I's not about getting ranked for the term "reviews". And this guy has good rankings all the time. Even for pages which have nothing on them but stock text.

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lstoops Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 609 Thanks: 163 Thanked 170 Times in 91 Posts Social Networking	Re: Individual homepage title/title tag on every page You can do that with the All in One SEO plugin.
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XNet Warrior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 29 Thanks: 11 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: Individual homepage title/title tag on every page Of course! Why didn't I think of that myself. Thanks. Does the plugin only affect the title tags or also what's displayed on page? In my example the article title is displayed as the homepage title.

08-14-2010, 07:15 AM	#4
yukon SEO Strategist War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6,532 Thanks: 355 Thanked 1,992 Times in 1,273 Posts	Re: Individual homepage title/title tag on every page You don't need a plugin (overkill) just to show individual page titles. Replace the <title> tag in your header.php file with the code below. Code: <title><?php {echo the_title('', '');}?></title>
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08-14-2010, 08:11 AM	#5
gsport11 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. Posts: 123 Thanks: 17 Thanked 18 Times in 16 Posts Social Networking	Re: Individual homepage title/title tag on every page Having the title of the article and the title of the page being consistent is a logical (and common) best practice. However... I can understand how this could help a single page within a site (article, for example), but I wonder what this does to the home page. If the home page link's anchor text is different on each page of the site, then how can a SE really know what that page (home page) is supposed to be about? Certainly, the home page can't be optimized for every page title in the site (except, perhaps in a navigation bar). Further, such anchor text would mislead the visitor. Also, what's the point of employing a copyright that is not an accurate description of the legal entity that actually claims rights to the article/page? Again, this seems misleading. You can get good on page optimization without purposefully misleading the visitor or the search engines.
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08-14-2010, 12:15 PM	#8
XNet Warrior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 29 Thanks: 11 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: Individual homepage title/title tag on every page Nono, gsport11 is right. If you look at the example page reviewbonus4u . com then the copyright link changes every time according to which article you're viewing. My question is this: This guy isn't keen on building a following or getting the site ranked for one keyword. Every article he's writing is targeting another keyword with extremely low competition. People who come to this site via Google just see one blog post and that's what they want. And as far as I see this strategy gets him ranked even when he puts no content in his blog posts. Is this due to changing the whole page's title and title tags according to the article's keyword?

01-13-2011, 04:38 AM	#10
balonge Warrior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Individual homepage title/title tag on every page I tried this, but I still have all my navigation pages showing the same title, description and keywords from the index.php file. Any suggestions?