Page Title - SEO

[CB]

Blair,

Thanks so much for the help, everything is working great now and I�m already seeing improved results.

Many Thanks!

CB

[SkGold]

Originally Posted by CB

Blair,

Thanks a lot, it worked great. The $smarty.get.pg function is pretty cool. What I�m trying to do now is grab the search variable and put that in the title. For example: searchresults.php?opt1=Sabre, Sabre would be in the title.

Can it be done? Thanks in advance.

CB

Chris, how this is going to help you with SEO?

[CB]

Hi Sergy,

The search result pages now look like web pages with relevant content on it. Search engines now correctly index these pages because the site title reflects the items for sale. PM me if you�d like to see an example.

[SkGold]

Originally Posted by CB

Hi Sergy,

The search result pages now look like web pages with relevant content on it. Search engines now correctly index these pages because the site title reflects the items for sale. PM me if you’d like to see an example.

I probably don’t understand something.
I just sent PM to you.

Edited: Got your PM back, now it make sence. Good idea.

[Chaslie]

Blair,
This is great but I have just one question begging to be answered (please).

How do I convert this:

$title.=' '. LANG_CAT_SEPERATOR .' '. $value;

to work back the front?

ie: Rather than

<title>My Site Title : Page Name Value</title>

instead have it displayed as this:

<title>Page Name Value : My Site Title</title>

[Chaslie]

Anyone have any ideas about this?

[Lhotch]

you could handle it a couple ways on the main page, the problem is the title changes on category pages and ad listing pages.

You can incorporate {$title|replace:'your title :':''} to get rid of the sites name and then hard code "my site title after it".

This of course will not work the same on category pages or ad listing pages so you may have to add logic (ie IF $SCRIPT_NAME == "blah"}then display title one way {else} display another ay{/if} etc etc.

On category pages you can also break apart and iterate through the breadcrumb and use the smarty "strip" function to de-html it and add that to the mix as well.

In the end Ive heard that Yahoo doesnt even use the page title so how much effort you want to put into it may be worth carefull consideration.

[Chaslie]

Thanks Larry - yes some considering to do. The anatomy of how to go about it is very helpful.

[SkGold]

Originally Posted by Lhotch

In the end Ive heard that Yahoo doesnt even use the page title so how much effort you want to put into it may be worth carefull consideration.

Larry - I would not agree with you. The page title is one of the most important points for onsite Search Engine Optimization. Just by writing the proper titles you may jump from nowhere to the first page in serps. It applies to Yahoo as well.