How important is the title to a website?

Hi firescorpz,

In the title to your thread you asked "How important is the title to a website?" Well, for SEO purposes the title to your website isn't even recognized by search engines, not important at all really. Search engines index and rank individual web pages, not websites, therefore it is your individual page titles that are important for ranking, not your website title.

Since you can, and should, rank each and every individual page of your website, the keywords that you target for each individual page should be included in the title to maximize ranking power. Quit trying to rank your website and focus on getting the individual pages of your website to rank for keywords that are appropriate for the individual pages. You will have much greater overall success if you approach your SEO in this fashion.

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firescorpz

16 years ago

Originally Posted by dburk

Hi firescorpz,

In the title to your thread you asked "How important is the title to a website?" Well, for SEO purposes the title to your website isn't even recognized by search engines, not important at all really. Search engines index and rank individual web pages, not websites, therefore it is your individual page titles that are important for ranking, not your website title.

Since you can, and should, rank each and every individual page of your website, the keywords that you target for each individual page should be included in the title to maximize ranking power. Quit trying to rank your website and focus on getting the individual pages of your website to rank for keywords that are appropriate for the individual pages. You will have much greater overall success if you approach your SEO in this fashion.

Hi,

This mean each individual page title are very important. But if that the case, does that mean each individual page of a website will have a different rank in a search engine?

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orvn

16 years ago

Originally Posted by firescorpz

Hi,

This mean each individual page title are very important. But if that the case, does that mean each individual page of a website will have a different rank in a search engine?

Yes, of course.
Each individual page has its own content, its own links and its own traffic.

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sith005

16 years ago

Your title is one component to your on page seo. Ideally you want your main keyword in the title. When you create a page, is it targeting a specific keyword or phrase? If so try and put that in the title.

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scott g

16 years ago

Each page should have it's own, captivating, original title.... IMO!

What's the first thing people see in the SERP??! The title...

So, yeah, try to make your page titles unique, yet catchy and informative, but most importantly: to-the-point! Create a title that's just BEGGING people to click it! Just don't label it "Click Me"

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echovme 16 years ago

Too important to a websites. Search engine will give 2 point out of 10 to title tag.
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- firescorpz 16 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by echovme
  
  Too important to a websites. Search engine will give 2 point out of 10 to title tag.
  
  2/10 for title? Where did you get this information? If that is so, it really important
  
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firescorpz

16 years ago

Originally Posted by scott g

Each page should have it's own, captivating, original title.... IMO!

What's the first thing people see in the SERP??! The title...

So, yeah, try to make your page titles unique, yet catchy and informative, but most importantly: to-the-point! Create a title that's just BEGGING people to click it! Just don't label it "Click Me"

CHEERS!

Ok will try to do that but will definitely run out of title ideas. Any tips how to come out with good title?

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firescorpz

16 years ago

Originally Posted by sith005

Your title is one component to your on page seo. Ideally you want your main keyword in the title. When you create a page, is it targeting a specific keyword or phrase? If so try and put that in the title.

Do you mean each page, I must have at least one target keyword as title?

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socialbookmark

16 years ago

Title is really important for rankig results. Maybe one of the most important factors for ranking results is title of web pages.

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smartvisibility

16 years ago

Title is most important for search engine ranking. It explain the what is meaning of your site or page and search engine see the relevant keywords in title first and rank according the site by relevancy of your site with title.

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deepender

16 years ago

Originally Posted by smartvisibility

Title is most important for search engine ranking. It explain the what is meaning of your site or page and search engine see the relevant keywords in title first and rank according the site by relevancy of your site with title.

thats true so try to use descriptive titles

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RegalWeb

16 years ago

It's as important as having your NAME. it tells who you are and helps people identify your identity.

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pierro

16 years ago

yeh, the title tag is an important seo component. Keywords in title, keywords in h1 and keywords in body(at least a 5% density). And also keywords in your alt tags for images. I think that covers it!
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firescorpz

16 years ago

Originally Posted by pierro

yeh, the title tag is an important seo component. Keywords in title, keywords in h1 and keywords in body(at least a 5% density). And also keywords in your alt tags for images. I think that covers it!
Cheers and hope this helps
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Keyword in title, so each page of my website I have to put at least a keyword on my title? Does the KEI of the keyword matters?

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rahulbatra

16 years ago

Yes you can have it , if your website contain different services to offer than it is good to use it.

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Devid Farah

16 years ago

Your title is very important!
Is one of the most important factors to achieve high rankings!

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Vappingo

16 years ago

As everyone says, the keyword in the title is very important for SEO purposes. Make sure you target different keywords on every single page in order to avoid keyword cannibalization.

If you are running out of ideas for keywords then try the Google wonder wheel tool. It's great for generating ideas for keywords and topics. Just type your initial keyword into the Google search bar as usual and then, to the left of the search results, you will see a links that says "more search options", click on that and then on the wonder wheel.

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marketgoal 16 years ago

Title tag is really important to a website for rankings point of view. Web page must have a name title related to content as the page have.
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firescorpz

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Vappingo

As everyone says, the keyword in the title is very important for SEO purposes. Make sure you target different keywords on every single page in order to avoid keyword cannibalization.

If you are running out of ideas for keywords then try the Google wonder wheel tool. It's great for generating ideas for keywords and topics. Just type your initial keyword into the Google search bar as usual and then, to the left of the search results, you will see a links that says "more search options", click on that and then on the wonder wheel.

Thanks for advise, but what does keyword cannibalize means?

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arth45 16 years ago

The title tag of a page is an important on-page optimization criteria and it should contain the keyword for which the page is optimized. So, don't use the same title tag for each and every page - make it unique for each page and if possible (if you have some space left), add some sort of call to action.
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usaimarketing

16 years ago

Title tag is the most important element of on-page and it help to rank website if your web page has unique title along with relevant targeted keywords and length of title should be 60 to 65 characters long.

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seomelbourne

16 years ago

Title is the only one which identify your unique page. Each page of your website must have title. Because the more you have title on respective pages the more you can capture readers’ mind and searches. By giving title you can capture more keywords.

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hardikvg

16 years ago

I personally think the title is a very important aspect in SEO. It helps you list better on Google. And also when the keywords match with your Title, in the google search result the title shows up in bold. The bold font on the search result is always better than the normal. Its just a common practise followed by humans, they will always go for the one which stands out. Even if your keywords are really good in the content of your website, the title still counts alot. And besides Google search engine, there are few other search engines which list your websites based on your title. Google is not the only search engine you should always consider. Any traffic is good traffic according to me. So target all the important search engines.

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atrbiz

16 years ago

Title is extremely important that's what the SE's use to determine what your site is about,etc

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subashchandrapoudel

16 years ago

Title is one of the most important factor in SEO.
Google and many other search engines takes title seriously , If you have
good and related title then you have done almost 5% of your seo work.
You should always have a title that is very much related to your article and it should not be very lengthy.

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firescorpz

16 years ago

Originally Posted by subashchandrapoudel

Title is one of the most important factor in SEO.
Google and many other search engines takes title seriously , If you have
good and related title then you have done almost 5% of your seo work.
You should always have a title that is very much related to your article and it should not be very lengthy.

Related to my article or related to my products in my website?:confused:

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samuel.johnson

16 years ago

It is similar like your name. Your name is to identify who you are likewise your title tag will be used to identity what the site is about....

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Razer_Thomas

16 years ago

I think title should be related to the keyword..

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alejandro p

16 years ago

Originally Posted by firescorpz

I was wondering the importance of a website?
I read some advise which mention the title are important so does that means each of the page must have their own title?

The Title tag is the single most important on site factor SEO for 2 reasons.

#1. It has the largest influence on rankings
#2. A well written one that includes keywords will get a higher click through rate.

Most CMSs, including wordpress, have unique <title> plugins, so if you're not feeling too ambitious, that is an easy was to avoid duplicate titles. Get All-In-One-SEO-Pack for wordpress and it'll do that for you as well as give you the ability to write custom titles for your main pages.

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dagaul101

16 years ago

I would say extremely, all the search engines look at the title (especially Google), and other parts of the page to determine what keywords it should be ranked for

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shulink

16 years ago

Title is the most important factor for On Page SEO, and is the best place to optimize your keywords. If you are running of idea, use keyword tools to get some ideas.

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Jackjim

16 years ago

Very important to have keyword in title if you want to be on first page of google for your targeted keyword.

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Tyrus Antas

16 years ago

Title is important not just because it tells
search engines what your site is all about,
but also because it influences serp CTR.

It turns out that Bing is already using CTR
to tweak their rankings.

Tyrus

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redlegrich

16 years ago

While the title tag is extremely important for the SEO aspect and the link on a SERP don't forget to add a good description to go along with it. While not that important SEO wise it's another way to highlight what's on your page an encourage a click through. After all, it's the click you want, not just the top ranking!

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FindOut

16 years ago

Originally Posted by firescorpz

I was wondering the importance of a website?
I read some advise which mention the title are important so does that means each of the page must have their own title?

In my experience titles are important. As to the question of if each page MUST have their own / unique title I will say no. But it is definitely beneficial and smart SEO practice.

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firescorpz 16 years ago

Must title include keywords
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- dburk 16 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by firescorpz
  
  Must title include keywords
  
  Hi firescorpz,
  
  "Must" is a strong word. It is not absolutely required so it is not a "must" in that regard, however keywords in your page title, not your website title, is one of the strongest signals of relevance. So I would I would say the keyword "should" be included in the page title.
  
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harrisonsmith

16 years ago

Title of the website is very important and it should be chosen very attentively.
the process of the promotion of the website is based on the title and if your title is creative and unique you will get best result for your website.
Thank you.

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Jessicalohan21 16 years ago

The title tag is very important for site SEO, perhaps the most important factor in search engine page ranking. Using keywords in your title tag has the biggest weight in determining search engine ranking on the site. Almost as great - you place the keywords in the tag. How then can you see when you determine the keywords to target, title tag should be the first to start optimizing for these keywords.
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dburk

16 years ago

Originally Posted by harrisonsmith

Title of the website is very important and it should be chosen very attentively.
the process of the promotion of the website is based on the title and if your title is creative and unique you will get best result for your website.
Thank you.

Hi harrisonsmith,

This would be true if you were referring to the "page" tile and not the "website" title. Search engines index individual pages, not websites. I think you may be confusing Search Engines with their simpler cousin the website directory.

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GrowTallerNiche 16 years ago

Title is the most important thing to ranking a page. If you use Google Advanced Search, you can get ranked in the keywordsinurl, the in anchor, and in text on the page without it actually appearing all by blasting that page with backlinks. You cannot do this for the title.
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