SEO question

[wazza1985]

Hi i changed my page titles for a competitive keyword last week and noticed it has dropped 9 search engine ranking positions. Was ranking 37 and now it 46.

Would you guys leave it and see if it starts creeping back up or change again?

the page title i used was across my pages for example was Primary keyword | secondary keyword | Heading on page

thanks for you help

[Tompt]

I'd give it a while longer, a week isn't really enough time to judge.

Was it a dramatic change in keywords?

[wazza1985]

Not dramatically, before hand they was not keyword driven enough.

i have just added the targeted keywords into the page titles as thought would boost my rankings.

How long is a good time period to judge if its working or not then?

[Tompt]

That does depend on a lot of factors, I would give it 3 weeks to a month before considering switching back. I do expect people to say I am being either too cautious or too optimistic with that estimate. It does depend a lot on the site in question.

[wazza1985]

Massive site with great authority. largest company within its field. currently get 120-150,000 hits a day.

[Tompt]

Sounds like you should be in a position to know fairly quickly then. Give it a week or two and see what happens.