Comments on: Optimal Title Tag Code For WordPress

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 21 May 2011 18:25:27 +0000

I agree that the title tag is the most important issue in on page SEO without a doubt. But how do you feel about all this social stuff everyone are talking about?

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:11:56 +0000

these tips fit all, not just WordPress Terry Forsey

By: Best of Performancing : Performancing

Best of Performancing : Performancing — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:29:57 +0000

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By: NoticiasElegidas

NoticiasElegidas — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:24:57 +0000

Thanks Ahmed for the explanation and example of the title function. I’ve searched everywhere before the code you post, I was looking for something like that since WP don’t seems to manage very well the default titles…

Now all works like a charm.

Thanks to the post and one special to Achmed!
Regards

By: hellogiridotcom

hellogiridotcom — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:50:21 +0000

why all are manipulating and playing with Code? Most easy way is to use all-in-one-seo-pack plugin, just install it in one minute. you can check my blog title result in google

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:47:57 +0000


 <?php
         if(is_home()) {
            bloginfo('title');
            echo ' - ';
            bloginfo('description');
         } else{
            wp_title('');
            echo ' | ';
            bloginfo('title');
            echo ' - ';
            bloginfo('description');            
         }
      ?>

The above is a simplified version of the WP title code that shows your page's title tag in this order: Blog Name - Blog Description (Home page) Page Name - Blog Name - Blog Description (All other pages) There's a very specific reason why I use that configuration on one of my blogs, and each segment has it's purpose SEO-wise. Mainly though, I agree with Ryan's statement that: It is my view that by putting your blog title in the title tag of every post, you dilute the SEO value of your article's title. But I would add that search engines, when placing a value on a particular link, also evaluate the page that link is coming from, and since title tags are one of the most important components of a page's SEO, it stands to reason (for me) that the keywords in a page's title tag will have an impact on the 'link juice' any link from that page sends out. So if your blog name has your main keywords, then include it in your title tag. If it doesn't, consider the branding impact and add it nonetheless. If your blog description has your main keywords (it should), add it to the title tag. Usually you should have your title tags as 'focused' as possible. But for some search phrases, just having all your site's pages include that search term can take you from nowhere in the SERPs to #3 in Google (true story). So it works, if you make it work for you.

By: Ryan Caldwell

Ryan Caldwell — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:19:11 +0000

if your site name is keyword rich, there is always the possibility that the post-title + site-title combination will create interesting, maybe even powerfully reinforcing phrases.

For example, on my blog One Big Maine which is a blog about Maine. Chances are that every blog post is somehow related to Maine. So it could be advantageous to leave the site title up *after* the blog post.

However, on a site like RideLust (a car blog) – the title does nothing to help with SEO and SERPS.

By: Ryan Caldwell

Ryan Caldwell — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:12:19 +0000

chuck,
the cutline title tag (above) became famous, in some part, because it was the first major theme to put the post title first.

By: Ryan Caldwell

Ryan Caldwell — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:10:57 +0000

eTech media…why do you think it’s funny? The authors of Performancing, between them, over 100 WordPress blogs. Doesn’t it make perfect sense that we’d talk about a blogging platform that we use?

By: chuck232

chuck232 — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:59:53 +0000

Hrm, interesting subject – while the site’s name may dilute the value of the article’s title, would there not be the opposite effect in some cases – if you’ve built a strong brand around your site’s name, I presume that would reflect well in search engines. (Take that with a grain of salt – I’m not terribly familiar with the intricacies of SEO.)

I think what deserves more attention is the order in which they appear in the title. Most of the themes I’ve seen, for WordPress at least, put the title of the site before the title of the article. In fact, the way to reverse their order is not as straightforward as it perhaps should be. Just logically speaking, I’d think having the title of the article first and foremost should do something for search engine rankings of those articles.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_title#Separator_with_Blog_Name_and_Title_Reversed

By: eTech media

eTech media — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:56:55 +0000

So funny that this blog, made with Drupal, gives most of the time WordPress tips.