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Commas in title tags
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Hello Guys,
Thanks in advance for all who can help me with this
I am helping a dinnerware company with their SEO. I told them to change their ambiguous title tags for more specific ones.
However, they opted to create some title tags with 2 or three keywords separated by commas. I have attached an excel image illustrating their new title tags.. My question is, will this format be a problem with Google--penalties? The questionable title tags are highlighted in light orange.
Thanks!
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Also, here is the link to Moz's (Peter Meyers) title tag preview tool, so you can see how the different alternatives will look.
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There is nothing wrong with using commas in title tags.
The issue is, will these titles look appealing to searchers when they see them on the results page.
If yes, they are good titles. If no, they need fixing.
(Here is a previous thread that touches on this.)
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As far as Google is concerned these are valid titles, however they may be a bit lengthy. You'll notice there is a problem if Google starts to alter your title by using other content on the page. You can avoid this by making sure the content on your page matches well with the title.
For better readability consider changing the comma (or last comma if there are 3 items) to an ampersand (&). This gives the title a better appearance and reads more like a description instead of list of keywords.
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