Comments on: 5 Tips for Optimizing Your Meta Descriptions and Page Titles http://www.groovecommerce.com/ecommerce-blog/search-engine-marketing/5-tips-for-optimizing-your-meta-descriptions-and-page-titles/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:19:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Darpan Munjal http://www.groovecommerce.com/ecommerce-blog/search-engine-marketing/5-tips-for-optimizing-your-meta-descriptions-and-page-titles/comment-page-1/#comment-8271 Darpan Munjal Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:26:25 +0000 http://www.groovecommerce.com/?p=1828#comment-8271 There are a few articles that do not lose value even if they are dated. This is one of them. I think this would be a good resource for online retailers who are serious about SEO. There are a few articles that do not lose value even if they are dated. This is one of them. I think this would be a good resource for online retailers who are serious about SEO.

]]> By: Bill Bennett http://www.groovecommerce.com/ecommerce-blog/search-engine-marketing/5-tips-for-optimizing-your-meta-descriptions-and-page-titles/comment-page-1/#comment-7930 Bill Bennett Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:08:12 +0000 http://www.groovecommerce.com/?p=1828#comment-7930 Mike You write: "Using Google Analytics, you’ll want to view non-paid search engine visitors, and drill down into the landing page dimension." Can you be more explicit? I don't see anything on my Google Analytics about landing pages Mike

You write: “Using Google Analytics, you’ll want to view non-paid search engine visitors, and drill down into the landing page dimension.”

Can you be more explicit? I don’t see anything on my Google Analytics about landing pages

]]> By: Alex Thorlton http://www.groovecommerce.com/ecommerce-blog/search-engine-marketing/5-tips-for-optimizing-your-meta-descriptions-and-page-titles/comment-page-1/#comment-7315 Alex Thorlton Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:36:08 +0000 http://www.groovecommerce.com/?p=1828#comment-7315 Very true Mike, great information. Google Webmaster is a wonderful tool that can show beginners quickly how to optimize their own site quickly. It will give you useful statistics and point out any coding errors you might have committed. Make sure to copy the verify meta tag into your website's tag and you are ready to go. Webmaster tools will then give you any crawl errors and suggest corrections. Very true Mike, great information. Google Webmaster is a wonderful tool that can show beginners quickly how to optimize their own site quickly. It will give you useful statistics and point out any coding errors you might have committed.
Make sure to copy the verify meta tag into your website’s tag and you are ready to go. Webmaster tools will then give you any crawl errors and suggest corrections.

]]> By: Merchant Account Expert http://www.groovecommerce.com/ecommerce-blog/search-engine-marketing/5-tips-for-optimizing-your-meta-descriptions-and-page-titles/comment-page-1/#comment-6787 Merchant Account Expert Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:58:55 +0000 http://www.groovecommerce.com/?p=1828#comment-6787 I read an article from a company that did a study on titles that were being cut off by Google with ... and those listings that had ... in them received about 25% less clicks than ones that don't. Not sure why, but be sure to stay within the 65 characters & you will have a better click through ratio. I read an article from a company that did a study on titles that were being cut off by Google with … and those listings that had … in them received about 25% less clicks than ones that don’t. Not sure why, but be sure to stay within the 65 characters & you will have a better click through ratio.

]]> By: RavenMatt http://www.groovecommerce.com/ecommerce-blog/search-engine-marketing/5-tips-for-optimizing-your-meta-descriptions-and-page-titles/comment-page-1/#comment-5528 RavenMatt Tue, 26 May 2009 14:50:06 +0000 http://www.groovecommerce.com/?p=1828#comment-5528 It's amazing how many people do not look at the meta description as an opportunity to influence and entice a search user. To create dynamic snippets I will usually craft a sentence or two at the beginning of the body copy that is meta description worthy and just have the CMS grab that copy and insert/truncate it in the meta desc tag. This forces me to pay strict attention to those first couple of sentences especially on product pages. "Ad Copy for Organic Search" is a brilliant way to describe a snippet's potential. It’s amazing how many people do not look at the meta description as an opportunity to influence and entice a search user.

To create dynamic snippets I will usually craft a sentence or two at the beginning of the body copy that is meta description worthy and just have the CMS grab that copy and insert/truncate it in the meta desc tag. This forces me to pay strict attention to those first couple of sentences especially on product pages.

“Ad Copy for Organic Search” is a brilliant way to describe a snippet’s potential.

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