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1. astoller
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Hi

   I have the following code in my header.php which generates the title tag.
   It generates pages with "&raqo" statements inside my title which are not ideal for search engines.
   What would i lose if i just dropped them frm inside the following code?
   Thanks
   Art

   <title>
   <?php bloginfo('name');
   if ( is_home() )
   { ?>» <?php bloginfo('description'); }
   if ( is_single() )
   { ?> » Blog Archive <?php } wp_title();
   ?>
   </title>

2. whooami
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   you would lose the "&raqo" :P

   no, seriously, I dont use them and ive seen no ill effects, they dont add anything to your seo, if thats what youre asking.

3. maerk
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   You would lose the separator between your site's name and the blog post's title. So instead of it being:

   My blog >> My post

   It would be just:

   My blog My post

   To my mind that's a bit confusing for visitors. What I do is switch them around:

   My post << My blog

   (using «)

   That puts the most relevant title first, which might help your SEO. To be honest, though, I don't think it matters that you have separator characters in your title.

4. whooami
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   i use a simple dash.

5. DevlinsBlogcom
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   When using the reverse order, how do you remove the » at the beginning? It seems to be embedded in wp_title?

6. freelancemom
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Try this plug-in... http://www.netconcepts.com/seo-title-tag-plugin/

   ;-)

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