Meta Title & Meta Discription Format

[Vilas]

Hello Friends,

 

I like to know I have put my product meta title & description in below format. But I have observed drop in Google search. It will be great if anyone suggest me correct format.

 

Currently I am using below format. Does this ( | ) not allowed by Google

 

 

Valentine Photo Frame Cum Clock - Buy Online |Reviews |Price |Gift Online

 

 

Or

 

 

 

Shall I use below format?

 

 

Valentine Photo Frame Cum Clock - Buy Online,Reviews,Price,Gift Online

 

 

Please guide me.

 

Thanks

Edited February 10, 2013 by Vilas (see edit history)

[Vilas]

No one aware of it? I think prestashop forum now a days changed. No support at all.

 

Thanks

[vekia]

it's your own decision, in my opinion the better is simple comma than other signs

[Presta Ecommerce]

I'm not aware that google has dropped support for any of the "signs". I'm using "|" for most of my sites for years now and it has proven to be good choice. Just add space " " after those signs.

[poshwebdeveloper]

hey,

try to make your keyword some long as possible and use commas too,it may be usefull.

[Vilas]

Dear poshwebdeveloper

 

Thank you very much for suggestion.

 

Regards

[Dh42]

Do keyword research. Simply using a word in the title and not using it through out the rest of the indicators on the page will not work. You have to use the keywords in the page as a whole.

[Vilas]

Hi DH42,

 

Thanks for suggestion. I have one query in my mind. Whenever you enter product title prestashop automatically assign it as H1 then again in product description we have to enter product title as H1? Or we don't have to enter H1 text again anywhere on same page?

 

Please clarify.

[Presta Ecommerce]

Simply put, no. You should only have one h1 tag per page.

[Vilas]

Thanks all for there suggestions.

 

Regards

[maio]

Is it true that meta-keys are harmful for ranking?

[Presta Ecommerce]

Nope. They are just not that important and people should stop using them.

1. Url keyword
   
2. Page title
   
3. H1 tag
   

Those 3 are one of the most important things

[Radu]

I subscribe to what Presta ecommerce said, it won't harm you a , or a | sign at all. Your dropping in ranking happens from another reason

[Presta Ecommerce]

And reasons for bad rankings are many, starting from:

• too much suspicious links (link farms) that google picked up,
  
• duplicate content from other websites,
  
• duplicate content on your website,
  
• bad (slow, not accessible) hosting
  
• bad onsite seo etc...
  

[maio]

1. Url keyword
   
2. Page title
   
3. H1 tag
   

Those 3 are one of the most important things

 

Hi Vladeta,

 

Page title you intend the meta-title or the actual title?

(i've read somewhere that googlebot actually reads the title and gives less importance to the metafiles, while other crawlers don't)

 

in general it's bad to put things twice, is that true for titles / metatiles - description / meta description?

or does it give the page more revelance as robots pickup the keywords more often?

 

thanks for your help!!

[Presta Ecommerce]

I'm speaking of actual page title. The one in <title> tags.

 

Yes, google doesn't regard meta content that much any more. But having same keyword phrase in those 3 places is not considered as a bad thing.

 

Feel free to contact me should you have any further questions or issues.

[Vilas]

I think there is something wrong with prestashop. If you check below page.

 

 

 

In above page if title is considered as h1 but if we check through online option it says h1 is missing.

 

Can anyone know why online page checking tools shows such error?

 

Thanks

Edited May 1, 2013 by Vilas (see edit history)

[Dh42]

The tool you are using is messed up, look at this screenshot http://screencast.com/t/BgPfm5a4r Also, use this tool, it is the one I use, http://www.seorch.eu/

[Vilas]

You are absolutely right. My page shows h1 is there is we checking using firebug. But if we check using below link it shows h1 is missing. Whereas if we check any other page of other website then it shows correct results.

 

tool link

 

http://www.seositech...ding_status.php

 

My page:

 

 

 

Other website page:

 

http://www.cilory.co...e-t-shirts.html

 

I am unable to understand for my site why is it showing h1 missing error.

 

Thanks

Edited May 1, 2013 by Vilas (see edit history)

[Dh42]

The tool you are using has a problem with something on the page. Don't trust the tools over what you can see with your own eyes.

[Vilas]

Thanks for clarification. I have now used your given tool. i.e.

 

http://www.seorch.eu/

 

& checked my homepage seo. In this tool also I am getting massage that "No <h1> Tags found. "

 

[Dh42]

I have no clue what url you are passing to the tool, but here is a screenshot of both you posted http://screencast.com/t/9P14xl1L http://screencast.com/t/bYQRLqoO49z Post the url you are actually entering in the programs. From what I can tell all of the stats are different from the two I posted.

[Presta Ecommerce]

Issue with your website is that you have 2 H1 tags on that page. Other, more important issue with this page, is that it is not indexable (it has canonical url set).

[Vilas]

Do you means to say I have to remove canonical option?

 

Thanks

 

Issue with your website is that you have 2 H1 tags on that page. Other, more important issue with this page, is that it is not indexable (it has canonical url set).

[Vilas]

I have used my domain name to check status of website.

 

Thanks

 

I have no clue what url you are passing to the tool, but here is a screenshot of both you posted http://screencast.com/t/9P14xl1L http://screencast.com/t/bYQRLqoO49z Post the url you are actually entering in the programs. From what I can tell all of the stats are different from the two I posted.

Edited June 28, 2013 by Vilas (see edit history)

[Presta Ecommerce]

In short, no, you don't have to remove canonical links. But you should educate a bit if you want to do this properly and with best results.

 

Canonical links tell google that it doesn't index one page if you already have one the same. This is so that you avoid penalties for duplicate content.

 

I assume that you have one page with same content, and canonical link is inserted because of that. But if you don't have any other page with same content, you should remove it.

 

I hope I helped.

[maio]

Hi,

 

I ran my site through the seorch tool, which gave me an great feedback for seo,

but there's one thing that I'll like to ask you experts about:

what influences the website speed?

how come with the same identical theme one time it came up with 4 second an the next 2.6?

 

thanks for your expertise,

[alastairbrian]

There is no difference what sign you use. But for user point of view i suggest using "-" use "I" only when you write company name at the end. else its best to use - or , .

And make title effective and user optimized. Don't focus in giving maximum keywords. Make it appealing.

[Presta Ecommerce]

There are number of things starting with:

• current server load
  
• your current number of visitors on site
  
• your internet connection speed
  
• etc
  

[SchmitSamie]

'Well i m not conscious that search engines has decreased assistance for any of the "signs". I'm using "|" for most of my websites for decades now and it has confirmed to be wise decision. Just add area " " after those symptoms . . . . .

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Edited October 10, 2013 by SchmitSamie (see edit history)