Comments on: Optimizing Post Titles After You Have Posted

By: The importance of a good post titles | Jerry D. Russell dot Com

The importance of a good post titles | Jerry D. Russell dot Com — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:38:44 +0000

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By: SEO Words

SEO Words — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:07:02 +0000

Right, titles should be short and sweet. Just like Keep It Simple and Stupid. Also, making sure your biggest keywords are in the title is often overlooked and important for speed readers.

By: Trond

Trond — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:32:38 +0000

Hi Andy! I am a happy reader of your blog and just wanted to say hello! I run a Norwegian SEO company and have been optimizing websites since 1998 - almost 10 years. In Norway we call SEO for sÃ¸kemotoroptimalisering. I also develop websites and really love your site :-) You have been bookmarked :-) Keep up the great work! Rgds, Trond

By: Tech Blog

Tech Blog — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:26:09 +0000

I try and figure out what would be the best title for my post (depending on the subject) first of all and then I don’t need to bother about changing further down the line.

However, I do sometimes find that it’s worth changing if you find that it ranks better for a phrase you never considered initially.

By: Simona Rusnakova

Simona Rusnakova — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:45:03 +0000

For me, title has proved to be of a great importance for SEO so I definitely support the idea of making most of it on your blogs as well!

By: Deb George

Deb George — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:37:49 +0000

This whole seo thing is so darn intricate and time consuming.

Andy, do you think it’s just more efficent to outsource the entire seo process? How on earth can one write articles everyday and learn the seo details without becoming overwhelmed?

By: SEO Consultant

SEO Consultant — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:16:49 +0000

Usually when I’m about to write a lengthy post I try and do a little keyword research on the general topic so I can spin the title to get the most search attention.

A lot of times my title ends up suffering because it’s not juicy enough. Editing the slug like Andy suggests will definitely help me in the future.

By: Tom Lindstrom

Tom Lindstrom — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:06:20 +0000

I do a google search to see if someone has already used the exact same post-title I was about to use.If so, I change it a bit to make it unique for a while :) I also try to use the same words as in the post-title in the first sentence line of my blog post.

By: Jacques23

Jacques23 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:37:21 +0000

Keywords get easier the more and more you do them. It gets really irritating at first to have to use the same two or three words again and again, but it ends up becoming a great ability to have.

Also, I know some blogs don’t allow this, but making sure the (or any other tag) is right for normal sites is a big key, too.

By: giftcardblogger

giftcardblogger — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:00:21 +0000

Knowing the keywords that bring people to your site is important. I did not pay attention to this initially until I started to dig deep into why my site was not attracting traffic and I finally realized that the keywords i thought were important were not. That was a wake up call.