Am I crippling my SEO?
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Hi all,
I didn’t want headline text to appear on my theme, so I manipulated my CSS to show only an image.
Of course, the only way for the image to ‘show up’ was to leave the theme’s TwentyTen header text ‘on’ but leave the TITLE blank.
If you go to the site, you’ll notice I don’t have a title, but I *DO* have a subtitle/description.
Am I hurting my SEO by doing this? If I am, is there a way to keep the title but not have it appear?
Thank you so much!
Nate
Phoenix Society for Burn SurvivorsThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Yes, you are hurting your SEO. Search engines want to see a title.
The way to do this is to put the title back in at settings > general and then hide it in the CSS. The title is still there for the search engines to find, but it is not displayed to visitors.
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I should add that you are not hurting it a lot, but it is always best to have a title they can find.
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Hm, you guys want to point out to me what I should change (TwentyEleven)?
Here’s my current code …
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#site-title {
background:url('http://psburnsurvivors.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/blog_main.png') no-repeat;
padding:8.65625em 0 0;
}#site-description {
color:#7a7a7a;
font-size:12px;
margin:5px 27px 2.65625em 0;
}And here’s the complete code of the original CSS …
/* =Header
----------------------------------------------- */#branding {
border-top: 2px solid #bbb;
padding-bottom: 10px;
position: relative;
z-index: 9999;
}
#site-title {
margin-right: 270px;
padding: 3.65625em 0 0;
}
#site-title a {
color: #111;
font-size: 30px;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 36px;
text-decoration: none;
}
#site-title a:hover,
#site-title a:focus,
#site-title a:active {
color: #1982d1;
}
#site-description {
color: #7a7a7a;
font-size: 14px;
margin: 0 270px 3.65625em 0;
}
#branding img {
height: auto;
margin-bottom: -7px;
width: 100%;
}Any pointers would be *VERY* appreciated!
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