SEO tips for title tags

A really useful article from Greg Simmons of Search Engine Watch (SEW) about SEO tips for title tags. With Google’s rules changing constantly, it is difficult to keep up with the latest information. Here Greg has summarized ten great tips.

SEO Tips for title tags

“Google’s most recent results page layout changes meant more than just a search experience update. With the change came adjustments to how each individual result is displayed, which may almost certainly necessitate a refresh for a core search engine optimization (SEO) element: the venerable title tag.

Much may have changed in Google over the years, but the importance of the title tag can’t be overstressed. It’s used (most of the time) as the clickable text in a search result, it is the headline to your ad, the start of a (search) conversion funnel, and a facet of internal linking.

Your website’s title tag says who you are, what you do, why anyone should bother to click, and why Google should care. It is your opening line when you first meet someone, or a welcoming greeting on your return. It is important. (Did I make that clear?)”

There are any number of guides to what we should be doing at all/better with regard to SEO (search engine optimisation) . The below article written by Digital Marketing Assistant with Business West, Chris Danks, is a great summary of how it is and what you can do yourself. And a great reminder/check list to us all if we think we know it all already! Really important to ensure all these tips are in place.

7 basic SEO tips to help you get started

Getting to grips with Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) basics is essential to increase traffic to your website and therefore improve the opportunity for sales and lead generation.

First off you need to understand what SEO is all about. SEO is the process of improving the position or ranking of web pages in the natural or unpaid results of search engines. It consists of many elements including website structure, social media, and links. But in the end it all comes down to the words and phrases people enter in to the search engine to find what they are looking for.

7 basic SEO tips to help get you started

But how important is to appear at the top of Google? Research has shown there’s a strong correlation between how high a web page appears in the search results and how many visitors it receives. And with an average of 6 billion searches per day on Google it’s clear that search engines are the primary tool used to navigate the web.

In the rest of this blog I’ll outline 7 elements that should be considered a key part of your SEO efforts

Read the article here