Should I use a "-", ":", or "|" in the title tag?
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Out of habit, I've always put a "-" or dash to separate items in the title tag. However, I've noticed that more and more sites are using either a ":" or "|" in the title. Is there one that is better to use than the other?
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Pipes are increasingly popular but a great deal of 'expert' SEO's still use hyphens. I tend to use pipes on new sites and haven't changed the hyphens on old sites.
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No difference - but it is true that some prefer | nowadays - more from a conversion point of view than for SEO. Google views them all the same.
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