All Caps Title Tag - thoughts?

by jguy1

Posted: 14 years ago 16 replies

I'd like to get your thoughts on the idea of using ALL CAPITAL LETTERS IN YOUR TITLE TAG.

ranking penalized?
click through rate increase/no difference/decrease?

...any other thoughts on this?

#capital #caps #letters #tag #thoughts #title

jamesoeck 14 years ago

I went to class that taught about Title Tags and the trainer taught that you should CAPITALIZED only the first letter of the words in the title tag.
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RevSEO 14 years ago

I wouldn't recommend it, as a user I won't click on SERP results like that as I think its spammy and the website will likely reflect that philosophy.

To be honest, I wouldn't bother, but I'd be interested in seeing how it affects SERPs for a site thats already ranking well.
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yukon Banned 14 years ago

iF A wEBmAsteR dOesn'T KNoW hOW tO fOrmaT TExt iT tENds tO lOoK liKE crAP, i'LL hAvE tO AsSUme eVeRYthINg ElsE iS cRAp ON tHEir sITe!
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- larrydcook 14 years ago
  
  @yukon I get your point lol but now i'm really dizzy!
  
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- Justin Says 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by yukon
  
  iF A wEBmAsteR dOesn'T KNoW hOW tO fOrmaT TExt iT tENds tO lOoK liKE crAP, i'LL hAvE tO AsSUme eVeRYthINg ElsE iS cRAp ON tHEir sITe!
  
  Absolutely agreed.
  
  I couldn't even read what you typed for a few seconds, I was like "what's this dude taking?!" lol.
  
  It's not about SEO here, it's about user experience.
  
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- ralchevd 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by yukon
  
  iF A wEBmAsteR dOesn'T KNoW hOW tO fOrmaT TExt iT tENds tO lOoK liKE crAP, i'LL hAvE tO AsSUme eVeRYthINg ElsE iS cRAp ON tHEir sITe!
  
  Ahahah I remember 2001 ;d
  Justin is right, it is about user experience. DO NOT rely on SEO only.
  
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John Williamson 14 years ago

Agreed, don't see any reason for it...
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angelbella 14 years ago

I assume, it still fall under netiquette
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Targeted Traffic 14 years ago

It would look unprofessional and spammy.
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Steadyon 14 years ago

But would it make you more money?

Test it!!!!!!
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C Rebecca 14 years ago

Technically, there s no harm in getting all caps title...

But all caps title would appears spammy to the user. To be very honest, I would never click on a website with all caps title. It seems as your website is screaming for user's attention.
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- maxminzer 14 years ago
  
  I've done a little study on the subject.
  Helped someone with a couple of sites that were completely overusing CAPS in titles. I mean - everywhere; all titles.
  
  Sites moved in rankings within week or so after the fix (capitalizing titles instead of using all CAPS).
  
  I totally agree with Justin - it's all about the user experience.
  And user experience, as we know, is a part of SEO and affects Google ranking.
  
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oulee 14 years ago

Would look spammy, however give it a go for a few weeks and see if your traffic/hit increase, decrease or stay the same! Not sure what google thinks of doing that tho.
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Sal27 14 years ago

It looks a bit spammy so I'd avoid doing that.
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Juvv2096 14 years ago

dont use caps, its not going to help and it just looks annoying. Caps is like Yelling on the internet :p
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elizabethjean733 14 years ago

Never use this strategy because in my opinion search engine and penalize and there is no reason to this kind of rubbish thing, simply make first later capital it is enough.
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