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    Someone just told me that the Google doesn't read past the pipe symbol. I find that hard to believe. Is this true?

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    • MarketingAgencyFlorida
      MarketingAgencyFlorida last edited by

      Someone just told me that the Google doesn't read past the pipe symbol.

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      • StreamlineMetrics
        StreamlineMetrics last edited by

        I'm assuming you are referring to using the pipe symbol in Title tags, correct? If that's the case, Google does not care about pipes or dashes in the Title tag. Here is a video from Matt Cutts explaining this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2_7PTio3Qc

        You may run into problems if you are using pipes in your URLs, so in that case, you should use hyphens instead. - http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/023052.html

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        • StalkerB
          StalkerB last edited by

          I can't 100% confirm that it does but...

          Pipes have been used as separators for years. Many sites still have "Sitename.com | Real title here", so I can't see why it wouldn't read it.

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          • EGOL
            EGOL last edited by

            Someone just told me that the Google doesn't read past the pipe symbol.

            lol... you should put that person on your "nofollow" list.

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            • MarketingAgencyFlorida
              MarketingAgencyFlorida @StreamlineMetrics last edited by

              Thanks. I appreciate you taking the time to answer.

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              • MarketingAgencyFlorida
                MarketingAgencyFlorida @StalkerB last edited by

                Thanks. I appreciate you taking the time to answer.

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