All Caps Title Tag - thoughts?

by jguy1
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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
  • Profile picture of the author jamesoeck
    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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  • Profile picture of the author RevSEO
    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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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    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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    • Profile picture of the author larrydcook
      @yukon I get your point lol but now i'm really dizzy!
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    • Profile picture of the author Justin Says
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      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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    • Profile picture of the author ralchevd
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      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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  • Profile picture of the author John Williamson
    Agreed, don't see any reason for it...
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  • Profile picture of the author angelbella
    I assume, it still fall under netiquette
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  • Profile picture of the author Targeted Traffic
    It would look unprofessional and spammy.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steadyon
    But would it make you more money?

    Test it!!!!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author C Rebecca
    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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    • Profile picture of the author maxminzer
      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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  • Profile picture of the author oulee
    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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  • Profile picture of the author Sal27
    It looks a bit spammy so I'd avoid doing that.
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  • Profile picture of the author Juvv2096
    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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  • Profile picture of the author elizabethjean733
    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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