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Title tag and Description tag ?

by UrbanAntonio
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Does the title tag have to read like a legibale sentence or does it simply need keywords?

Should the description tag be teh exact same thing or do I add more words to that?

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#description #tag #title
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    • Profile picture of the author dburk
      Hi Antonio,

      Your title is the most important element in SEO. You should definitely use your keyword as part of your title.

      Ideally your title should begin with your keyword, but remember that your page title is also the headline of your search engine listing. You want it to catch the attention of the searcher and compel them to read your description and/or click through to your page.

      Your description carries a lot of weight also, so make sure it is as compelling as possible with emotional benefit and call to action. This is challenging to do in the limited space that the search engines give you, but hey it's way more room than a PPC ad gets.
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      • Profile picture of the author askloz
        Originally Posted by dburk View Post

        Hi Antonio,

        Your title is the most important element in SEO. You should definitely use your keyword as part of your title. .
        I personally feel that the description tag and the title tag hold the same value. Both as equally important.
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  • Profile picture of the author Shadi
    dburk said it all
    I agree completely, but to clarify things, your title tag must be a TITLE, it should contain your keyword preferrably start with it if possible, but it has to be a title that makes sense.

    Description is simply a description to your website and what its about, should contain your keyword too
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  • Profile picture of the author ebizza
    The title tag is MUCH more important than the description tag.
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  • Profile picture of the author Phil Brown
    Originally Posted by UrbanAntonio View Post

    Does the title tag have to read like a legibale sentence or does it simply need keywords?

    Should the description tag be teh exact same thing or do I add more words to that?

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    Antonio
    Antonio I use a long tail keyword phrase in my title tag,and in my meta description tag I start the description with the long tail keyword and end it with a two keyword phrase.

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  • Profile picture of the author maestro2010
    they both need to be sensible sentence but you can also feed in keywords into them as this will be useful for ranking
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  • Profile picture of the author abibakar
    But now Google not really values meta description tag, is that true?
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  • Profile picture of the author jrapisarda
    Your title is important but i've seen google rank sites for keywords without the keywords even being in the title. Google has their own way of doing things, and we will NEVER know why or how! Just stick to basic seo and try not to over analyze things.

    The reply's here just have given you a general idea of what to do next.
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  • Profile picture of the author zoobie
    well, it should include a sentence with keywords that make sense to your visitors and search engine. The keyword should be placed at the beginning of the sentence to get maximum benefits.

    e.g. keywords. weight loss programs

    Weight Loss Program LA - Lose 20 lbs In 5 Weeks Guarantee!

    @jrapisarda, because of the effect of Google bombing. that means google take more value of inbound links than the on page factor. However, you still need to work on your title and description since
    search engines users use those element to determine if they want to visit your sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author MarQueteer
    Really good answers, I may add one thing: Make sure all your titles are different, never use the same title on the hompage and all subpages, don't let them start with the same words like "Internet Marketing Blog - Homepage", "Internet Marketing Blog - Hot SEO secrets", "Internet Marketing Blog - My Links"...that's bad. It's a pain, especially for huge sites, but well worth the effort.
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  • Profile picture of the author elwissgerena
    Your title should always include your keyword that way it can be easily searched on search engines. Also, it definitely does not hurt for you to include your keyword as well in your description page.
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