Numbers vs #'s For Blog Titles

[KempRugeLawGroup]

For your blog post titles, is it "better" to use numbers or write them out? For example, 3 Things I love About People Answering My Constant Questions or Three Things I Love About People Answering My Constant Questions?

I could see this being like the attorney/lawyer, ecommerce/e-commerce and therefore not a big deal. But, I also thought you should avoid using #'s in your url's.

Any thoughts,

Ruben

[KempRugeLawGroup]

Thanks everyone.

Happy Friday,

Ruben

[Travis_Bailey]

When it comes to people, '3' is easier for them to process than 'three'. You may even get a minor speed boost when the CMS queries the DB, but I haven't tested that. It may only apply to example.com/2014/08/28/sample-post and example.com/?p=123. Basically, the numeric version is easier for machines to process as well.

However, Michael Gray at Gray Wolf SEO has one good reason why you might want to avoid using the numeric equivalent. He definitely has a point. So keep the number in the title and avoid using it in the URL, unless the information in the post - or the post itself - will never change.

There are plenty of other effective ways to increase page load speed, and that wasn't your concern anyway.

[benjaminmarcinc]

I would try to use both, maybe use one in the title then the other or both in the blogs posts so that you can try to rank for both, I've done that a few times.

[Ray-pp]

I would use the number: '3'

When searching, most people will use the number instead of writing it out.