Wondering about SEO & Marketing your small business? It all starts with the title tag of your website.
SEO (or Search Engine Optimization) is one of the most important aspects of the online business. But not everyone can afford to hire SEO services. The big retailers can, so lucky for you, your online business can “borrow” a few quick and easy SEO tips from them.
SEO & Marketing: Site Title Tags
Your site’s title tag (the descriptive line that appears in the browser bar at the top when people land on your home page) is very important to be found in Google search. So you want to be specific as to how people really search.
A lot of times when people are searching for an item like a phone, they will use words like “buy” or “for sale” as part of their search phrase.
For example, take a look at Apple’s title tag for their online store below:
Notice the use of the word “buy” and then listing their products by their exact name.
Sometimes, putting a key feature of your business that people search on, works as well.
For example, take a look at FTD’s title tag for their online store below:
FTD knows that “same day flower delivery” is not only a popular request, but a very popular Google search phrase.
SEO & Marketing: Section or Category Title Tags
Sections or category title tags are also important to be keyworded correctly for SEO. When it comes to your site’s sections or categories, again, load up the title tag with as many possible search phrases as possible that you offer.
For example, take a look at Gap’s category title tag for “jeans” below:
Women don’t search “jeans“, they search a specific type of jeans, and Gap has covered all of the most popular ones in their section title tag.
Another good example, Asos.com’s category title tag for “earrings” below covers off every type of earring search:
Take a look at top sites in your segment, then take a look at popular search phrases and see how you can maximize the SEO of your title tags and section title tags.
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jbranchohio
Thanks G.B.! I am implementing this on my SmooshandCo website right now!
Tammy
I just started a new blog and this reminds me to include the tags. It seems a lot of people forget those tags!
Jill
I agree, it seems the tags get overlooked but they are an important part of developing effective web content people can actually find.