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From: Mike Little <m...@zed1.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 09:33:00 +0100
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Subject: Re: [MWUG] Re: title tag lentgh
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On 21 September 2012 09:14, Phil Gregory <phil.greg...@zero1.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Angel, yes it's important. 69 characters is the optimum.
>
> Why bother using PHP to amend the titles?
>
> There are plenty of useful meta tag plugins that can help you achieve the
> optimum search engine placement.
>
> A handy one that springs to mind is the All in one SEO pack.
>
> http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/
>
>
>
I would recommend Joost de Walk's WordPress SEO plugin (
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/) over All in One SEO.
All in One SEO tends to automate too many things to the detriment of your
SEO! It seems to still work on the principal that it is sites that rank in
SERPs when it is pages that do so.

WordPress SEO gives you many tuning parameters with immediate feedback,
along with some sensible defaults and a host of other related features like
XML sitemaps and proper canonical links.

Mike
-- 
Mike Little
http://zed1.com/

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On 21 September 2012 09:14, Phil Gregory <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"m=
ailto:phil.greg...@zero1.co.uk" target=3D"_blank">phil.greg...@zero1.co.uk<=
/a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-le=
ft:1ex">

Hi Angel, yes it&#39;s important. 69 characters is the optimum.<div><br></d=
iv><div>Why bother using PHP to=C2=A0amend=C2=A0the titles?=C2=A0</div><div=
><br></div><div>There are plenty of useful meta tag plugins that can help y=
ou achieve the optimum search engine placement.</div>

<div><br></div><div>A handy one that springs to mind is the All in one SEO =
pack.</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugi=
ns/all-in-one-seo-pack/" target=3D"_blank">http://wordpress.org/extend/plug=
ins/all-in-one-seo-pack/</a><br>

</div><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><div><br></div><div><br></div=
></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I would recommend Joost de Wa=
lk&#39;s WordPress SEO plugin (<a href=3D"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugi=
ns/wordpress-seo/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/</a>) =
over All in One SEO. All in One SEO tends to automate too many things to th=
e detriment of your SEO! It seems to still work on the principal that it is=
 sites that rank in SERPs when it is pages that do so.</div>

<div><br></div><div>WordPress SEO gives you many tuning parameters with imm=
ediate feedback, along with some sensible defaults and a host of other rela=
ted features like XML sitemaps and proper canonical links.</div><div><br>

</div><div>Mike</div></div>-- <br>Mike Little<br><a href=3D"http://zed1.com=
/" target=3D"_blank">http://zed1.com/</a><br><br>

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