How to handle long dynamic meta tags?
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Hi All,
I have a site that has upwards of 40 000 pages and I'm redeveloping it so really want to get some SEO elements spot on for the new development. Hoe do I go about handling the following:
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The user creates a title for their advert which I use as the meta title. The problem is titles are quite often longer that the accepted lengths. How should I handle this? String manipulation down to the desired size, leave it as is or is there another solution?
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The meta descriptionn is pulled from a summary they created as part of their profile. Is this the right way to do it?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Ross
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glad i was able to help. can you give me a link to the site? id like to check it out
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Looks like the only downside is google trying to algorithmically determine a more suitable title, which isn't that bad as these are not really high priority ranking pages.
Thank for the help.
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i dont know of any cases where google penalized the overall authority of a site for having certain pages with extra long title tags. even if it is a bunch of em
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Yeah I suppose. But what happens when this is on a large scale, would that have a punitive effect?
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Seomoz doesn't shorten the title on user profiles http://screencast.com/t/MpIwx9ep
You could always suggest that users keep their titles short. if they choose to ignore the suggestion, how much harm is it really gonna do?
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