Wordpress Titles
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My question is about long url titles, my client is using wordpress and the rankings are going well apart from two, which for some reason just wont move. After using some of the tools available on SEO moz which i have found very helpful I have spotted a re-occuring warning throughout the site, the titles, in word press you have this setting (below)
page title : %page_title% | %blog_title%
My question is my client has quite good brand online but I done want to impact this. The problem I have is that I have a Keyword in the title then the clients company name which is three words and takes up a lot of space. I am thinking about removing this but in two minds so i was kinda hoping for a bit of advice as this looks like a standard in wordpress.
Mike
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Hi Mike,
I'm going through older questions that are marked unanswered and wondering what you decided to do in this case, or if you're still looking for advice. If you still want some opinions, you might try asking this again as a new question, with any additional data or insights you've gained since April.
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Thanks daniel, you are right, i am very cautious as the panda update hit yesterday which hasnt done it any harm and I half remember a article about the band / Social factor towards rankings. i was wondering if anyone else had tried this and what was the outcome?
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If their domain name is their brand(which is likely) then you don't really need to have it in the title tag(since the domain name carries more weight).
Quality content and links are still key though!
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