I hate to be a hypocrite, but I have an important SEO tip that I myself have ignored. Since this blog is only a few months old I simply have not had the chance to make the proper adjustments in order to make it more search engine friendly. Furthermore, WordPress does not make it terribly easy to change title tags.

One common SEO snafu is to have every page begin with your domain name. I believe it’s so common because most content management systems, shopping carts, and blog platforms by default set every page’s title tag with the domain name followed by the page name. For example:

Domain.com - About Us Page

Domain.com - Widgets For Sale

You absolutely do not need the domain name in every page’s title tag. In fact, I have even read that it could cause “duplicate content” penalization. The best practice is to have your index page, or most important page begin with your domain name in the title tag. Then, all other pages can have unique names in the title tag. Many people have suggested it helps rank well under your domain name, but I would say that it is really easy to rank well under your specific domain name, so why bother?

Again, I apologize for being a hypocrite on this issue, but I do plan to update my own title tags soon enough.