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    4. Does anyone have any opinions on whether to use a pipe | in your title tags? Or commas or just nothing at all?

    Does anyone have any opinions on whether to use a pipe | in your title tags? Or commas or just nothing at all?

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    • ebowdublin
      ebowdublin last edited by

      I am trying to decided whether to use:

      BootsJeansandLeathers.com Mens Jeans Mens Boots Mens Leathers Mens Footwear

      OR

      BootsJeansandLeathers.com | Mens Jeans | Mens Boots | Mens Leathers | Mens Footwear

      as my title?

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      • anthonytjm
        anthonytjm last edited by

        I think the way you are suggesting would appear to be keyword stuffing. Proper title should appear in more of a short statement, like the following:

        Mens leather boots and footwear at bootsjeansandleathers.com

        The above would appear to be a more natural flow of text in a statement form while still encapsulating your keywords. Try to target only one to two keyword phrases per web page. otherwise your diluting your page and losing its focus.

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        • KyleChamp
          KyleChamp @anthonytjm last edited by

          I agree with Anthony that yours does look like keyword stuffing.

          To answer your question about to separate, it’s all up to you. I prefer to use the pipe | but others use commas or dashes, etc.

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          • ebowdublin
            ebowdublin last edited by

            Brilliant - thanks for your help!

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