Site name in the title of the page...

[BoSolaris]

Is it worth it? Does it really help you or just dilute your KW presence?

[cutiger95]

I personally don't think it hurts when you put your site in the Title area. Just put in a "-" and then what the page corresponds to afterward, three words or less.

Does it help the keyword for the page, I don't honestly know but it does help when the page shows up in the search engines and makes your site look more legitimate.

[Kevin]

I believe if your site name contains keywords you should have it in the title. Otherwise, I really do not see the sense in it. The user sees your site name in the address of their browser and the title is a good place for keywords that describe what your site is about.

[BoSolaris]

So the synopsis is:

If it has your Keyword(s) in it, use it! You can use all the help you can get. It also adds to the renown of your site, making it look more 'legit'. Otherwise leave it out as it is displayed in the URL and the page is for content.

[Kevin]

That is what I would do

[seofuture]

- it is the most important thing that you should made it.
that will help more with search engines.

[Nystul]

I think it is the single most impt thing... it has been there since the starting of seo for a reason. U need to let the search engine identify the key elements on your page.

[cutiger95]

Titles, descriptions and metas are the most important part of building a page as far as the search engines are concerned.

[Thomas Schulz]

Title should match the content of the page primarily I think. I myself tend to have company name first (if not too long), but really, for SEO, better have titles, headers, meta description, content etc. match each other as good as possible :)

[Zhoog]

The only reason I can think of for using your website name in your title tag is when you already have a well known name and people will associate your website name with good content. Only in that case a website name ads value to a listing in a search engine. If this is not (yet) the case I'd leave the website name out of it.

Once you've reached the point described above you can always change your title tags.

Ofcourse, when your website name consists of relevant keywords it can never harm to add it.

That's just my 50 cents.

[solidghost]

Yes, I have to agree. It would be better to just put a few important keywords in your title.

[NeO]

Unless your domain has the keyword(s) your targeting for that page leave it out... (or unless your a Inc 500 company then it's part of your branding) - If each page should have a different title then your really not helping the cause using the domain on every title of the site...


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[Knightrider]

Hi all,

I have been playing with web sites for a few years, now I've got a bit serious with this one.
It's a frames based site and all my pages open in the index page. I figure that search engines will find and list all the separate pages I use, so I have put the short site name in each page title followed by a hyphen (-) followed by a brief description of the page content. I have also ensured that I put a link to the main site index page, on each of the pages. I figure that if someone comes across a page randomly, they at least have the option to go to the main site page and view the rest of the site. This sounds right to me, but I don't know how well it works in the real world (should that be 'virtual' real world?)

What say you? :peep:

K.

[watsonr]

some of the sites i've noticed, they use the domain name in the title to its link pages but not in the main page.

[weblaunchphxx]

To rank easily on google you have to suggest your url related title bcz sometime your url expose your services and google search the pages by its title.

[pakistanboy]

your website title should be in good format and has good meaning. because when the user put the keywords on search engines so they do not have correct idea of the sentences, so try to make your Website Title is easy way and with the using of , of each keyword such as, Welcome to my Site text, text, text etc.

Thank you,
Regards,
Pakistan Boy

[PocketSEO]

If you are promoting a brand name having your name in the <title> element is a good idea. Even if you are not known yet, people may develop name recognition just from seeing the name in the SERPs.

It depends on what kinds of searchers are looking for the site.

If the <title> element is very long, the brand will be cut off at the end.

Is it important enough in the SERPs display to have the brand showing at the beginning of the title?

All of the above are things to consider, and may vary depending on the situation and audience targeted.

[weblaunchphxx]

If you are promoting a brand name having your name in the <title> element is a good idea. Even if you are not known yet, people may develop name recognition just from seeing the name in the SERPs.

It depends on what kinds of searchers are looking for the site.

If the <title> element is very long, the brand will be cut off at the end.

Is it important enough in the SERPs display to have the brand showing at the beginning of the title?

All of the above are things to consider, and may vary depending on the situation and audience targeted.
Nice post! PocketSEO
I am agree with you

[aira]

Is it worth it? Does it really help you or just dilute your KW presence?

Yes it works. If you're URL contains your target keyword. Same as the Title and Header

[watsonr]

is there a particular amount of target keyword usage to your contents? how can i know if it's already keyword stuffing?

[weblaunchphxx]

is there a particular amount of target keyword usage to your contents? how can i know if it's already keyword stuffing?

Its depend on your services and products.

[kayskay]

Your page title can ideally contain only a limited number of characters, say 60. If you have enough keywords vying for this space, it is best to omit the sitename. However, if there aren't enough keywords, or the sitename itself contains the keyword, then you may include the sitename also.

[watsonr]

i see.. for example. "SEO round table | Online Forum SEO round table" >> does this kind of title ok to search engines?

[rustybrick]

search engines dont care.

[watsonr]

google doesn't care? hmmm... so it won't matter anymore.:)

[Zhoog]

What! Are you saying google doesn't use page names anymore? What are they using then: only anchor teksts?

[watsonr]

well, that is quite confusing.. i don't think it won't matter to search engines 'cause it does.. getting advice from the experts would be a great idea when it comes to these

[weblaunchphxx]

search engines dont care.

Have you evidence about this?

[rajatgarg]

I feel putting your Website name in Title is all about branding your website over a long period of time. This will help later in increasing your direct traffic.

If you are a new site, think about keywords more and when you pass critical mass, start thinking about website branding more.

Rajat Garg

[watsonr]

well, if it will help in the direct traffic then it something to consider. that's what i haven't tried before, website branding. thanks rajatgarg for your input.;)

[tomfrederick]

Whenever you put site name in Title means you want to use your site name as keyword here obviously your site name contains set of keywords. So it makes your site more search able.

[~DaRk-EyE~]

Its also a good technique if your major keyword is your site name and also placed on you title. It has high possibility of getting searched.

[shoaaib]

yes... I am agree

[sasuke]

Is it worth it? Does it really help you or just dilute your KW presence?

yes it helps, especially when you have your major keywords on you domain name it really helps! and then using hyphen [-] instead of underscore [_] is more advantage for you site.

[seo us]

Are you talking about every page or just the home page? I wouldn't have the site name on every page unless the keywords are actually relevant to every page.

[shimritben]

Unless you're looking for self branding, you shouldn't use your own name!


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[govindseo]

Hi,
I Think title, meta, description is the most important part of any page if you target you site name as good traffic then you use it.

[startupsalesmentor]

So my site is salesblog.karlgoldfielddot com or startup sales mentor dot com (Not using for SEO yet as I will probably point it at karlgoldfield.com which I am not trying to direct people to yet)
My title is "Startup sales mentor blog"

My header is "Sales training for the small business, the startup, and the entrepreneur"

My question is if I want to get to the 1st page in sales training and am focusing on sales training as my anchor text, what else can I do?

[michellebarkley]

Is it worth it? Does it really help you or just dilute your KW presence?


Title tag is important and if you include your main keywords in title its good for optimization.