Should my title be just my keyword?

30 Dec 09 9:30 am

Your title should have your keyword in it for SEO purposes, but more importantly, your title should make someone want to read the article.

09 Jan 10 5:20 pm

Dont write for the Search engines, write for the people reading it . You can rank on page one for all your articles, but if you do not write something people want to read, it does not matter.

That being said, keyword density matters in your title for seo. Make your title short, but make it compelling, so that people seeing your title in search results will want to see what you have to say.

Remember, everything is about your readers, not Google. The more you focus on providing the readers a good experience, the more the search engines will like you anyway.

10 Jan 10 4:05 pm

Yes, you need to use keywords, but make sure it is readable. I see too many articles that are obviously written for search engines. They make no sense, but they are full of keywords.

You are correct, finding the balance is critical. However, You need to understand, although search is the highest single source of traffic, less than 50% of all the web traffic uses the search engines. People who only focus on search traffic are passing up most of their business.