20 replies to this topic

[SEMMatt]

Hello,

Would the forum please comment about each page of my website having the same Title Tag. Is this good or bad (assuming that the Title Tag is optimized with my keywords)

Thank you

[Priest]

Hello -

I don't know if I would say if it's bad that you have the title tag on each page it just does not help ANY that it is. I would highly recommend that you change the name of each page, how you do that is up to you and what would just naturally make sense from a user stanpoint.

[Jill]

Presumably, each page of your site is different, in which case each Title tag should also be different. Title tags need to focus a summary of the information available at each particular page.

[Dharmesh Shah]

I would suggest that this is sub-optimal.

Each page on your site is an SEO opportunity to attract the right kind of visitors. Also, the page title is one of the most important elements of on-page SEO.

If it were me, I'd spend a little time thinking of appropriate (and different) titles for each page.

[aaron653]

Hello,

Would the forum please comment about each page of my website having the same Title Tag. Is this good or bad (assuming that the Title Tag is optimized with my keywords)

Thank you

I agree with everyone here.

You said "the Title Tag is optimized with my keywords". Let it be so for your home page. I believe though every webmaster has a list of primary keywords to focus at, there are surely some of the keywords you might not consider focussing at. But there is no harm in attracting visitors which are looking out for information contained in your site's pages other than the home page.

So I think each page should have a title related to what the page has to offer.

[jass_blink]

Adding one more query!!
Does positioning of keywords in Title and Description Meta Tag makes any different?
e.g. placing primary keyword at the beginning of the tag ahead of other KWs will make any difference in ranking? or i can place it randomly anywhere in the tag?
Makes any sense?

[SEMMatt]

Thank you all for your input.

[piskie]

Compare a Search Engine visiting Your Site to Yourself being a Librarian in a "Reference Library".
If You were faced with all the Reference Books having the same 'Title', would you be able to catalogue the information to allow Your Readers to locate their specific Information requirements.

Answer that question and You will realise what a Search Engine thinks of "Site-wide Identical Titles"

[Jill]

e.g. placing primary keyword at the beginning of the tag ahead of other KWs will make any difference in ranking? or i can place it randomly anywhere in the tag?

Try different things for your pages and see what works for you. Every site is different.

[amberto]

I'm new to seo and have read some different things about title tags and was hoping someone could help me clear this up. Once you've decided on the keywords you're planning to use, what is the best method for the use of the title tag on your target/home page? Should it be as specific as possible - adhering to the long tail of the search, or should it be broad on the home page and narrowed down further on the internal pages of the site? I would assume it would be better to start broad and narrow down as you go...but is this also dependent on the site's architecture? Is there a general rule to follow? am i even making sense?!?! thanks!

[Jill]

Welcome amberto!

You may want to give my Title Tag Article a read for that kind of info.

[aaron653]

Adding one more query!!
Does positioning of keywords in Title and Description Meta Tag makes any different?
e.g. placing primary keyword at the beginning of the tag ahead of other KWs will make any difference in ranking? or i can place it randomly anywhere in the tag?
Makes any sense?

It has affected my site's ranking(positively). After I placed the primary keyword at the first place in the title tag, my site has moved few steps higher in the SERPs.

[Tiffany Hua]

You'd better use different title for different page, which is called long tail.

[Jill]

You'd better use different title for different page, which is called long tail.

No, I'm afraid that's not what long tail is.

[Brutus]

Isn't that kind of what long tail is because it's being specific, and targetting different groups of users?