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Aug 6
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The SEO Trick That Breaks All the Rules:...

Edward Sturm
About this episode

E763: Are longer page titles better? This is how 200+ character title tags actually boosted Google rankings and improved organic traffic, despite the traditional 60-character limit.

I share SEO case studies showing these crazy results.

You’ll learn:
- Why ultra long title tags can outperform short ones for SEO
- Example ultra long page titles
- How Google rewrites and interprets extended title tags for better context
- Real SEO stories
- Best practices for writing long title tags without keyword stuffing

⭐️ Do Longer Title Tags Help with Google Rankings? A Case Study - https://theseopub.com/do-longer-title-tags-help-with-google-rankings/

💎 Compact Keywords - My SEO Course - Get paying customers through SEO - Clear step-by-step video breakdowns - SEO templates to be copied and adapted for your products and services: https://compactkeywords.com/

00:00 Normal Page Titles in SEO
01:17 Challenging Traditional SEO Practices
03:00 Best Practices for Longer Title Tags
05:27 How to Use Longer Title Tags Effectively
06:18 Examples of Super Long Title Tags
08:35 Final Thoughts and Recommendations

The Edward Show. Your daily search engine optimization podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/

#seotips #searchengineoptimization #seohacks #performancemarketing

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