SEO in post titles
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Hi there,
I am looking to optimize my stores SEO ranking in Google Searches. We are starting a WordPress blog to let customers know about our new arrivals.
Does including symbols or punctuation marks negatively affect your search capability in Google? We want to make sure our post titles maximize our search engine optimization.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Please read:
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/seo-on-wordpress-com/
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/seo-and-your-blog/There is no FTP access and no blogger installed plugin capability on any free hosted WordPress.com blogs.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/See here for a full comparison WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/There is no upgrade you can purchase here that provides FTP access and the ability to install plugins and or any third party themes. If you want FTP access and to install plugins or third party themes into a site then you will have to hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/ and set up your own WordPress.org install.
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To reiterate, I am specifically inquiring about blog post titles – if including symbols (plus sign, amersand etc) and punctuation marks will negatively affect SEO rankings.
Thanks!
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Please read the posts in the Staff blogs I linked to above and know the SEO here is excellent.
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/seo-on-wordpress-com/
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/seo-and-your-blog/If you ran the same content on a free standing wordpress.ORG install the SEO would not rival the SEO you have on an identical blog here at WordPress.COM. More to the point is that you cannot change the permalink structure on any WordPress.COM blog in any event.
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Does including symbols or punctuation marks negatively affect your search capability in Google? We want to make sure our post titles maximize our search engine optimization.
We don’t provide SEO lessons here. Please consult Google’s Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide
http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf
If you’re in a hurry, here’s the one-page version.
https://storage.googleapis.com/support-kms-prod/SNP_3027140_en_v0 -
Hi jonathanolivia! I will give you some tips that I use personally and I always achieve good results with this process!
First off, I have never heard of special charters having negitive effect on seo, just make sure you dont over do it and make sure the content is readable!
For seo, your title should contain your “keyword” in the phrase. Its best if it appears closer to the begging. Use keyword variations. I personally use a recommended minimum of 40 charaters.
Besure to also implement subheading tags – (h1 and h2) that contain keywords and relevant phrases.
Here is a good video overiewing this:http://www.lakenetwork.net/using-heading-tags-in-wordpress/
Ensure that your content is readable and not spammy!
Have aleast one image in the body and use alt tags with the targeted keyword
Content should be no less than 300 charaters and your keyword should appear within the first paragraph
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Search engine spiders read HTML and understand the relevance of heading tags, so when heading tags are used appropriately search engines give more weight to text that is inside a heading tag. That’s why it’s important for WordPress.com bloggers to learn what HTML heading tags are and how to use them properly. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/05/08/wordpress-com-heading-tags-from-h1-h6/
A special character may draw the scanning eye of the reader, but using special characters may attract the kind of attention you don’t want. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/07/21/avoid-special-character-use-in-titles-and-tags/
Title tags are often used on search engine results pages (SERPs) to display preview snippets for a given page, and are important both for SEO and social sharing. For see Top 5 Site Title Tag Tips http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/08/02/top-5-site-title-tag-tips/
* Google typically displays the first 50-60 characters of a site title tag, or as many characters as will fit into a 512-pixel display. For Creating an effective blog tagline see http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2009/06/22/creating-an-effective-blog-tagline/ -
Learning some basic search engine optimization (SEO) begins with understanding keywords and how and where to use them effectively. See here for some tips http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/12/05/keyword-power-in-the-blogging-world/
Targeted Blog Post Titles Draw Traffic – create short, keyword rich, optimized titles http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/07/04/targeted-blog-titles-draw-traffic/
If you keep your titles under 55 characters, you can expect at least 95% of your titles to display properly. Keep in mind that search engines may choose to display a different title than what you provide in your HTML. Titles in search results may be rewritten to match your brand, the user query, or other considerations. http://moz.com/learn/seo/title-tag
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