Re: [WSG] Title tags - site name then keywords?

2011-04-21 Thread Stuart Foulstone
Hi, Search engines are blind readers - design for accessibility. Each page on the Website should be on a specific topic (except, perhaps,for the Homepage). Put the topic first in the title tag, so that it is easily identifiable from the other pages. The top header in the page content should

RE: [WSG] Title tags - site name then keywords?

2011-04-20 Thread Hayden O'Sullivan
tags - site name then keywords? Put the Title first followed by keywords if space permits, use fewer than 70 characters including spaces On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 7:52 AM, David Dorward da...@dorward.me.uk wrote: On 19 Apr 2011, at 20:30, Stevio wrote: When it comes to search engine

Re: [WSG] Title tags - site name then keywords?

2011-04-19 Thread Alex Stanhope
Hi Stephen, I'd probably suggest going for the keywords first - in the normal run of things, you've only got 60 characters to play with (including spaces) for the page title, and needless to say, your choice of words for the home page in particular will be crucial in the SEO stakes. Hope that

RE: [WSG] Title tags - site name then keywords?

2011-04-19 Thread Dan Freeman
Yes, search engines will put more strength on the first few words in your title tags. So I'd recommend: Steel Fabrication, Pipework, Welding - ABC Engineering Ltd Dan Freeman Webmaster ERP Administrator 800.650.6506 (TOLL FREE) 330.655.0341 (DIRECT) www.lexi.com -Original Message-

Re: [WSG] Title tags - site name then keywords?

2011-04-19 Thread David Dorward
On 19 Apr 2011, at 20:30, Stevio wrote: When it comes to search engine optimisation, Stop. Build sites for people, not robots. Search engines are optimising to find the best sites for people, aim for the same target as they are. are you better to list the site name/business name first in

RE: [WSG] Title tags - site name then keywords?

2011-04-19 Thread Thierry Koblentz
When it comes to search engine optimisation, Stop. Build sites for people, not robots. Search engines are optimising to find the best sites for people, aim for the same target as they are. +1 -- Regards, Thierry @thierrykoblentz www.tjkdesign.com | www.ez-css.org | www.css-101.org

Re: [WSG] Title tags - site name then keywords?

2011-04-19 Thread Mick Doherty
Put the Title first followed by keywords if space permits, use fewer than 70 characters including spaces On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 7:52 AM, David Dorward da...@dorward.me.uk wrote: On 19 Apr 2011, at 20:30, Stevio wrote: When it comes to search engine optimisation, Stop. Build sites for

Re: [WSG] Title tags - site name then keywords?

2011-04-19 Thread Arka . Bhattacharya
Bank of the Year From: Mick Doherty mick.dohe...@gmail.com To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Date: 20/04/2011 09:12 AM Subject:Re: [WSG] Title tags - site name then keywords? Sent by:li...@webstandardsgroup.org Put the Title first followed by keywords if space permits

Re: [WSG] Title tags - site name then keywords?

2011-04-19 Thread Carl Heaton
Stevio, Agreed with the other answer but the main reason is for people to see what the page is about first. Google ranks pages not websites so ABC Engineering is the last thing big G or the user is thinking about, they want to know that clicking on this search result will get them the steel