Keyword Repetition in Title Tag
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I am managing an online pharmacy website which has thousands of pages. I'm creating title tags for the pages that currently have automated tags.
I generally choose a word, find the next best alternative and merge them in the title.
Often this results in repetition of 2-3 words.Examples below:-
Title:- Skincare Treatment, Buy Skincare Products Discounted at Online PharmacyTitle:- Nebulisers, Buy Nebulisers UK Discounted at Online Pharmacy
Title:- Electronic Dictionaries, Buy Best Electronic Dictionaries Discounted at Online Pharmacy
Title:- Cat Skin Care, Buy Cat Skin Care Products Discounted at Online Pharmacy
Are these OK or would Google penalize us for it?
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Yes, you are within the acceptable range, save for maybe these two: **Maybe remove what I **emboldened
Title:- Electronic Dictionaries, Buy Best Electronic Dictionaries Discounted at Online Pharmacy
Title:- Cat Skin Care, Buy Cat Skin Care Products Discounted at Online Pharmacy
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Pulsesol
As to the first question (are they OK)- They are just keywords/phrases essentially. If you believe that is the way to improve your lot with this portion of on site, I guess they are OK. But, they are pretty much spammy titles IMHO.
So, the way to change that is to follow a bit of convention as opposed to seeing what you can get in the 65-70 characters:
Let's say your site is Cool Online Pharmacy then for Cat Skin Care I would have a title tag like this:Discounted Skincare Products for Cats | Cool Online Pharmacy (I do not believe there is a need for the word buy, but will get some disagreement on that I am sure)
Then: For Nebulisers Nebulisers | Discount Nebulisers | Cool Online Pharmacy
I don't think based on title tag alone that you would face a penalty doing these the way you have them. I do think that they look terrible and people will see them as poorly done. By having the brand second after the pipe ( | ) you are branding the site and at the same time insuring your keywords are first.
Best
Edit: You do not need UK in the title tag if site is a ccTLD, if GWMT is set to EN - UK, or if server is in UK. (You need to follow one of these anyway so you do not need UK in title)
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