Mass Change of Title Tags
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Hi All,
Does anyone have insight on any repercussions from Google if many title tags are changed at once on a site (we're talking 500 to several thousand)?
Appreciate any input. Thanks!
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Thank you for your input! Very helpful!
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Thank you for your input!
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Hi Ali!
Updating a large amount of title tags at once will not cause a penalty or anything of that nature from Google. However, realize that you are changing an aspect that Google looks at to determine rankings for your webpages. This means that changing the title tags could positively—or negatively—impact the overall traffic to your site. And the results might seem more drastic only because you are doing such a large number at once! But that doesn't mean you shouldn't... because hey, you could simultaneously, positively impact them and improve the rankings of 500 pages on your website!
Good luck.
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