Meta Title for Category Pages

[dealblogger]

I am trying to improve the SEO for a few key category pages on my blog. I have two ranking really well so I want to boost them and bring up some others.

Can I put two keywords in the meta title?

Example: Maternity Deals | Pregnancy Deals

Or should I just stick with one?

Thanks!

[danatanseo]

Hi dealblogger,

In the situation that you describe, what I would do then is separate out these items and make them two categories, one for maternity deals and one for pregnancy deals. Put all the maternity clothes and gifts under the first category and all the pregnancy pillows and prenatal items under the second category. This will enable you to land people searching for the right items under the right category. It will also enable you to focus traffic to the right part of your site based upon intent.

Does that help answer your question? If not, let me know and I can try to rally some additional help. Cheers!

Dana

[dealblogger]

Thanks. This is the category page for all maternity and pregnancy related deals. I have sub-categories for maternity clothes and more specific items. This page has everything - clothes, pregnancy pillows, prenatal vitamins, stretch mark creme and so on and so forth.

[danatanseo]

As with most things "SEO" I'd say it depends. In your specific example, the word "maternity" has completely different search intent (in my opinion) than the word "pregnancy." What kind of deals are they? If the deals are for clothing, then "Maternity Clothing Deals" might be a good title. At least here in the states, people say "maternity clothing" but probably wouldn't say "pregnancy clothing." If the deals were vitamins and supplements,  then the term would probably be "pregnancy vitamins" or "pregnancy vitamins & supplements" not "maternity vitamins."  In other countries, it might be different. On the other hand, in the case of champagne glasses, I could definitely see a title like "Champagne Glasses | Champagne Flutes"...because a fair number of people might use either term, when they are looking for the same things.

I would recommend doing some keyword research based on specifically what kinds of deals the page is about. Are the deals for clothing? Then maybe "Maternity Clothing Deals" would most likely be the best title. Your keyword research will most likely help you match the right words with the intent of your potential visitors.

Hope that helps!