Can we use "top 10" in title?

[Avinash_1234]

Hi All,

This is a query regarding title tag.I have a listing page with list of hotels in each city. To improve CTR, I used "Top 10 hotels in Boston" as title even though I am showing 25 hotels per page. The page takes about "hotels" but I didn't use "top 10" term anywhere in the page. Is this called keyword stuffing? Should I use "top 10" somewhere in the page as my title says so?

Thanks for your help!

[SurgeStream]

Hi,

I think adding Top 10 to your title tag will definitely help with your CTR since many users are looking for lists such as this.  You might get a temporary uplift in rankings, but if the user comes to your site and then doesn't find the word "Top 10" near the top of the page and just sees a list of 25 hotels, they will most likely get confused and just leave your site without staying for very long.  Especially if you just have a random list of hotels with no regards to rankings at all.   Thus your rankings might suffer since Google tracks dwell time on a page and user's intent.  So, if the user just leaves your site right away then that temporary uplift in your ranking might be lost.

Hope this helps.  Let me know if you have any other questions.

[Alick300]

No It won't be a problem but if you do user will find the same content what they are expecting after seeing in title tag and will also help in improve ranking with "top 10 hotels in city name".

Thanks

[Avinash_1234]

If I don't use "top 10" in the content, will it be a problem?

[Alick300]

Hi Avinash,

Yes you can use in title but also used on web page too.

e.g

Top 10 hotels in London

1>Hotel 1

2> Hotel 2

......

10>Hotel 10

==========================================================

11> Hotel 11

12> Hotel 12

up to 25

Hope this helps.

Thanks