By default a the title for a Wordpress blog post includes the blog title as well. For example, a post on thie blog with the title:
How to use the All-In-One SEO Package
would have a title something like:
How to use the All-In-One SEO Package | SEO Tips & Information
You can easily improve this title - so that it only contains information relevant to the post - using the All-In-One SEO Pack to change the title format. To change the format, do the following:-
- Go to the admin section of the blog.
- Click the Settings link (on the top right of the page).
- Click the All In One SEO link in the menu bar that appears.
- In the Post Title Format field, remove the text “| %blog_title%”.
- At the bottom of the page, click the Save Updates button.
Your browser should now only show the blog post title without the overall blog title when viewing a post.
See also : Improving the Page Title for Blogspot blogs
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Previously I made a post describing how to optimise the title, description and keywords for each post on a Wordpress blog using the All-In-One SEO Pack. The All-In-One SEO Pack can also be used to optimise the description and keyword for the blog home page.
By default, a Wordpress blog doesn’t have description and keywords meta tags but these can be enabled using the All-In-One SEO Pack.
To enter a description and keywords, do the following:-
- Go to the admin section of the blog.
- Click the Settings link (on the top right of the page).
- Click the All In One SEO link in the menu bar that appears.
- Enter the Home Title, Home Description and Home Keywords values you want for your blog.
- At the bottom of the page, click the Save Updates button.
Your blog should now have meta description and keywords tags. To check this out, browse to the blog home page, right-click and select View Source from the browser’s context menu. Do a search for the description and keywords.
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One of the main SEO factors for a web page is the page title. Although not a major SEO factor, the meta description for a web page is usually displayed in the search results by Google, Yahoo etc. For this reason, it’s a good idea to have a well-written meta description to enourage people to click on your link in the results and visit your blog. When you write a blogpost Wordpress makes a pretty good job of the page title but, by default, simply uses the blog title and tagline for the meta description. The All-In-One SEO Pack plugin allows you to enter different/ better titles and descriptions for a blogpost.
If you’ve installed the All-In-One SEO Pack as a plug-in to Wordpress, you’ll find there are 3 extra fields to be completed when making a new blog post.
Title
This field should be set to the page title you want for the blog post. Mostly this can be set to the same text as the Title for the blog post.
Description
This field should contain a couple of sentences that neatly summarise the purpose and content of the blogpost. Remember that this description will act as the leader in the search engine results and should give people a good idea of the info they’ll be able to access if they click on your link in the SERPs.
Keyword
The Keyword field is less important than the Title and Description field but you can include a comma-delimited list of keywords appropriate to your blog post. These will be used as the meta keyword tag for the post page. Any keywords you list should be contained within the text of your post.
Here’s a picture showing how I completed the All-In-One SEO Pack fields for this post:
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