Title Tags

[Znojmic]

Hi ,
I have a question about title tags. If I have a page on keyword - Dog Training for example - Should I set my title tag as the following - dog training, dog, training, train, etc - Or should I set it up as to where it sounds like a description such as
Dog Training - Learn from the best! In other words is it better to list keywords that are used through out the content , or use the main keyword in description form. Any information that you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

[Dani]

Set a title tag up to be no more than a couple of words that make cohesive sense - not a list of keywords. It should include your keywords in them, most def, but not to the point where it looks like you're just keyword stuffing.

[BamaStangGuy]

Exactly as cscgal stated. Don't spam the title tag.

[stymiee]

It's important to remember the title tag is what people see when they do a search. If your title doesn't accurately reflect what the page is about you may rank well in the search results but get little traffic which is the exact opposite of what you are trying to achieve.

[andyf]

Try to code your title tag for visitors and not for spiders. Your visitors will see the title of your page so make it descriptive, don’t bundle it with your keywords for SEO.
Use your keywords wisely within your content.

[Dani]

Code your entire site for visitors and not for spiders :) That's all I have to say.

[etechsupport]

Another question comes how many people are searching for " Dog Training"?

[stymiee]

From Overture:

105905 	 dog training
 9310 	 behavior dog training
 6392 	 dog obedience training
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 6050 	 collar dog training
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 2420 	 agility dog training
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 1589 	 clicker dog training
 1572 	 dog supply training
 1407 	 dog equipment training
 1298 	 bird dog training
 1157 	 dog gun training
 1148 	 dog dummy training
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 1106 	 dog dummy dummy pet training
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 891 	 clicker dog getting started started training
 863 	 dog guard training
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 656 	 dog puppy training
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 588 	 dog free training
 587 	 dog positive training
 572 	 deaf dog training
 561 	 box dog litter training
 561 	 dog dvd training
 557 	 diego dog san training
 545 	 barking dog training
 538 	 basic dog training
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 517 	 aggressive dog training
 510 	 dog protection training
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 484 	 dog house older training
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 456 	 career dog in training
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 445 	 dog toilet training
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 440 	 dog litter training
 432 	 dog training treat
 427 	 collar dog innotek training
 421 	 dog technique training
 419 	 dog online training
 410 	 dog nj training
 395 	 agility dog equipment training
 384 	 chicago dog training
 384 	 dog grooming training
 383 	 behavior dog free tip training
 382 	 course dog training
 373 	 command dog training
 363 	 dog herding progressive training
 361 	 dog sled training
 359 	 dog eye seeing training
 354 	 dog home training
 353 	 basics dog training
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 340 	 dog older training
 337 	 applied behavior dog handbook training
 335 	 dog tool training
 334 	 dog training whistle
 329 	 dog pad training
 320 	 dallas dog training
 316 	 dog pointing training
 308 	 dog labrador retriever training training
 305 	 dog houston training
 297 	 dog pa training
 292 	 dog illustrated illustrated maran maran training
 284 	 beagle dog series training training
 284 	 dog hand signal training
 273 	 dog people training
 272 	 dog k9 training
 265 	 dog drug training
 263 	 columbus dog ohio training
 249 	 basic beyond dog training
 248 	 dog hunting supply training
 242 	 dog toronto training

I'd say that is a significant amount to consider.

[etechsupport]

Wow! that's good list, I hope this will help him.

[fromthe5]

I agree completely that you should build your site for people first. The trick is to work within that framework and still get the SEO job done. In this case I would suggest that because most searchers aren't going to travel a great distance to get their dog trained, that you use something like "Expert Dog Training in Mytown" for example. It's also lots easier to rank well for a term that's "local". Experience also shows me that you can effectively use up to six or seven words in the title without too much dilution and it helps to make your title make more sense.

[SEO Cat]

Good info there....as well as knowing who is actually making a number of searches for a particular keyword, you should reference that against competing pages for that keyword. This way you can try to find a back door, where a keyword gets lots of searches but not a ridiculous amount of competing pages