Another
great asset is your page title. I don't mean a title like you see directly
above. I mean the "title" tag in HTML. It usually shows up at the very
top of your web browser next to the browser logo.
This tag is in the page head (between
<head> and </head>), and looks like this:
<title>Your Page Title Here</title>
Once again, you want to use as many
keywords here as possible. Just be sure not to make it look tacky. If it
looks unprofessional, people won't think that much of your page.
When most search engines display your
page data as the result of a search, the <title> tag is the first thing
they display. This makes it doubly important to ensure the tag looks professional.
If the tag says something like "tools tools tools plumbing plumbing plumbing",
the type of person you are looking for probably won't even click on the
link even if it does show up first in the search engine.
It's up to you to creatively include
your keywords in a professional looking title. The title can be long (not
too long, though), but it had better not be just a keyword list. Have a
friend look it over to see what they think.
Remember: don't target more than four
keyword phrases per page and don't repeat excessively.
Title Repetition
For example, rather than simply having
the following title tag:
<head>
<title>Online IQ Tests. Test your
intelligence with these I.Q. Tests online. See if your brain measures up.</title>
</head>
You can make the tag look like this:
<head>
<title>Online IQ Tests. Test your
intelligence with these I.Q. Tests online. See if your brain measures up.</title>
<title>Online IQ Tests. Test your
intelligence with these I.Q. Tests online. See if your brain measures up.</title>
<title>Online IQ Tests. Test your
intelligence with these I.Q. Tests online. See if your brain measures up.</title>
<title>Online IQ Tests. Test your
intelligence with these I.Q. Tests online. See if your brain measures up.</title>
<title>Online IQ Tests. Test your
intelligence with these I.Q. Tests online. See if your brain measures up.</title>
</head>
For some search engines, the second
example will be weighted heavier than the first. Someone searching for
"IQ test" will be more likely to find the document using the second tag
example in a search.
Warning: This is just one possible
tactic. Title repetition is (like hidden input and keyword stuffing)
considered bad Netiquette. Some search engines may penalize for it. However,
some people have found this technique to be quite effective... Use prudence
and caution.
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