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In this week’s issue:

• Google’s title updates spelling chaos for SEO?
• What’s going on with the Furlough Fam?

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Google’s title updates spelling chaos for SEO?

Not entirely…

Last week, what was thought to be a bug was actually Google updating the way it comes up with web page titles in search results.

“Last week, we introduced a new system of generating titles for web pages. Before this, titles might change based on the query issued. This generally will no longer happen with our new system. This is because we think our new system is producing titles that work better for documents overall, to describe what they are about, regardless of the particular query.” – Google

Matt Southern from Search Engine Journal breaks down the ins and outs of this new rollout.

So what is Google basing titles on now? 

On-page text.

While there has been some emphasis on title creation that goes beyond HTML in the past, Google is placing more focus now more than ever on the text that humans can actually see when they arrive on a page.

Why, Google? The problem they intend to solve is HTML title tags not adequately describing what the web page is about.

The problem with those tags in the past:

• Way too long.
• Overstuffed with keywords.
• Devoid of text or just filled with boilerplate text.

Here’s what will have more consideration with the new update:

• The main visual title/headline shown on a page.
• Content in <H1> tags and other header tags.
• Text made more prominent via style treatments.

In the future, Google may also be considering using text within links pointing at pages.

How to prepare: Look over your web pages and start doing the work now to make sure the visual elements are optimized to ensure your page gets found in searches. However, don’t ditch HTML tags altogether. With any new update, there will be continued testing. And, according to Sullivan, HTML title tags will still be used over 80% of the time.

You can read more about Google’s title update in Sullivan’s article here.

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We’ll see you next week with more community gems and insights.