Blog Article Titles - Why worry about it? - SEO 101 Part I

Howdy Jordan

How are thing a go'en in Johnson County ?

You are so very right about title tag's being very important, to the search engine's leting folk's know where to find each and every one of us.

Of course the title is important.  So is the words you start your posting with!

Come on Jordan blog titles are a joke.  I mean do you actually think it does anything, you goof.  Good job on wasting your time.

... not sure if the experiment is over, but I thought I would join in anyhow!!

Kerry Lucasse, Atlanta Real Estate Consultant - Keller Williams Realty (404)432.1844

thanks for the good reminder to spend time on the title!

You are totally right. Titles are probably the absolute most important thing on the page!

You help to validate the use of AR

I have a question for you. I know I need to have the right title. But right now, I have some blogs posted that focus on historical landmarks, and I don't want to tell my readers where or what they are yet. So the title does not reflect the content atm. But in a couple of days, I plan to correct the title, after my readers have read the posts and guessed at the locations if they choose. So my question is, by doing this am I losing SEO?

WOW...so much to learn, so little time! I just subscribed to this group. It's pretty clear that've just scratched the surface! Thank you, already,  for all the help.

Hello Jordan - Thank you for the advice. I am going to have to go back and make sure my titles are effective now.

Thank you Jordan for the great information. I knew I wouldn't want to be crossing Jordan, so I decided to be nice.

Title is really important and you should repeat those words somewhere in the blog for reinforcement.

I love Active Rain. I always learn something new. Thanks for the information!

Mt. Pleasant Plumbing

I love active rain. I always learn something new. Thanks for the information.

Mt. Pleasant Plumbing

That's one of the things I learned first. Title is the equivalent of a First Impression.

Great point Jordan.  And I like the comment above from the Knowles as well.

I think there are some basic components of SEO maximization that should be included in every blog and comment.  In the blog, like you said, the title of the blog is very important.  Key words early on in the blog, including the title, help insure the post will rank high at the SEs.  Repeating those key works early in the content is also important to drive the point home with the SEs.  If the article does not quickly relate to the title, the SEs move on to find one that does.

Another key point of SEO is including your name and a backlink to your website in the signature block of all blogs and comments.  Unfortunately ActiveRain has not gotten on board completely with the comment component of this but I have approached them to consider changing their ways a bit.  My SEO studies indicate that including a link back to your website in all blogs and comments is just as important as the content in the blog and/or comment.  In fact, if all ActiveRainers put a linkback to the website in their comments, not only would it elevate their own rankings at the SEs but also that of the blog author.  Furthermore, doing this would create such a buzz of activity at AR that all Rainers would rise up in rankings with the same tide.

Thank you,

Richard Acree

HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC (Nashville, TN)

Thanks again for the good information.

Great information!

Really great information. I followed your link to Broker Bryant and saw all of his rankings (which since 2007) have obviously fallen off. Thank you for the information!

Great article , but we need to be careful we do not key word " stuff " an article so that the content reads like just what it was meant to read like, an article meant to rank for certain key words with little regard for the content of article itself.