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Changing Title makes SERP Down?

by adidam
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Hey There,

I would like to confirm one myth in the public if changing the title of the site can drop the SERP?

My site was EMD and it's totally outranked now...

Thanks!
#changing #makes #serp #title
  • Profile picture of the author ppcmanager
    Change in Title Tag does affects SE rankings. Title Tags are still an important factor in Google Algo, unlike meta description or keywords tag.

    But it could go either way though - your website might rank lower or higher depending upon the keyword
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    • Profile picture of the author adidam
      Originally Posted by ppcmanager View Post

      Change in Title Tag does affects SE rankings. Title Tags are still an important factor in Google Algo, unlike meta description or keywords tag.

      But it could go either way though - your website might rank lower or higher depending upon the keyword
      Well, I made the placement changes only. Like

      Title: Main Keyword - WordA, WordB and WordC

      So I made new title: Main Keyword - Word C, WordB and WordA.

      Now tell what caused the SERP Drop? Site is just 2 weeks old and I made title change 4 days ago and the next day it went out of rank.. and till now it's outranked.
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  • Profile picture of the author ppcmanager
    Seems like the change in ranking was caused by Title change only. However since your website is new, it is normal for fluctuations to take place. Title Tag change results in fluctuations as well for a few days. The rank which you will see after a week or so should be the final position assigned to you.
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    • Profile picture of the author adidam
      Originally Posted by ppcmanager View Post

      Seems like the change in ranking was caused by Title change only. However since your website is new, it is normal for fluctuations to take place. Title Tag change results in fluctuations as well for a few days. The rank which you will see after a week or so should be the final position assigned to you.
      So what you think I should do as of now? Because, I am not so much good in SEO at all.

      I'm as of now is a small IMer in terms of SEO.. So I have to be careful.

      Do you recommend me to use the very same site with the new domain sir?

      Thanks!
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      • Profile picture of the author dannycheng
        Originally Posted by adidam View Post

        So what you think I should do as of now? Because, I am not so much good in SEO at all.

        I'm as of now is a small IMer in terms of SEO.. So I have to be careful.

        Do you recommend me to use the very same site with the new domain sir?

        Thanks!
        Changing site titles definitely affects rankings, happened to me- always a good idea never to mess with it once you see that page ranking well unless it's updating the content on the page-

        Seeing as how you managed to rank your site the first time, there's no reason why your site couldn't very well return to its original rankings, perhaps you should give it a week or two before taking any action..

        best of luck,
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    • Profile picture of the author Taraka
      Originally Posted by ppcmanager View Post

      Seems like the change in ranking was caused by Title change only.
      Possible, I've managed to get better ranking with title tuning couple times
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  • Profile picture of the author webdevpro
    There is nothing wrong if you have changed the title. You need to wait for about 1-2 weeks to see if your site will be back on track and if not then again change the title to the original one.
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    • Profile picture of the author adidam
      Originally Posted by webdevpro View Post

      There is nothing wrong if you have changed the title. You need to wait for about 1-2 weeks to see if your site will be back on track and if not then again change the title to the original one.
      Thanks a lot fellas. Do I need to make backlinks to it?
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  • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
    Originally Posted by adidam View Post

    My site was EMD and it's totally outranked now...
    What do you mean my this? Have you actually changed the site's domain too, or why are you speaking about your exact match domain in the past tense?

    EMD is not the SEO booster it used to be after Google changed the algorithms.

    Originally Posted by adidam View Post

    Thanks a lot fellas. Do I need to make backlinks to it?
    You always do.
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    Links in signature will not help your SEO. Not on this site, and not on any other forum.
    Who told me this? An ex Google web spam engineer.

    What's your excuse?
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  • Profile picture of the author Kolib
    nowadays google even changes your title by itself, showing other text in their SERPs so... If they find your title overoptimised, they will definitely NOT use it
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  • Profile picture of the author adidam
    Hello,

    This is the first time when my domain came up to the 11th Rank on the Google.com for the keyword. It came directly come from the 300+ Rank to the 11th rank.

    Things I did:

    1. The Web2.0s which I made initially, I spammed those Web 2.0s with GSA.

    2. I ordered some 10 High Quality Social Bookmarking from the Fiverr.com

    Let me know if it's a temporary thing or what?

    What thing I should do now.. or steps?

    Thanks everyone
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    • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
      Originally Posted by adidam View Post

      2. I ordered some 10 High Quality Social Bookmarking from the Fiverr.com
      "High quality social bookmarks" sounds like an oxymoron to me. Maybe there's a site that isn't nofollow or spammed to death, but doesn't sound too likely.
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      Links in signature will not help your SEO. Not on this site, and not on any other forum.
      Who told me this? An ex Google web spam engineer.

      What's your excuse?
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
      Originally Posted by adidam View Post


      1. The Web2.0s which I made initially, I spammed those Web 2.0s with GSA.

      2. I ordered some 10 High Quality Social Bookmarking from the Fiverr.com
      Based on that link profile you should expect to be bounced around by Google. By the way there is no such thing as "high quality" and fiverr in the same sentence. Even worse when you ad "Social bookmarking" to the sentence
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    • Profile picture of the author adidam
      Update: Site is fallen from 11th rank to 14th and now 17th
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  • Profile picture of the author strategic seo services
    Originally Posted by adidam View Post

    Hey There,

    I would like to confirm one myth in the public if changing the title of the site can drop the SERP?

    My site was EMD and it's totally outranked now...

    Thanks!
    Yes, be careful when changing your site's title. If your keyword is in the title, and your site has a good ranking already on Page 1, I recommend not touching the title.
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  • Profile picture of the author adidam
    Update: Site was dancing between 5th to 10th ranks but now its on 23rd rank. Please let me know what to do?

    I made no changes.
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