The All in One SEO Pack is one of the most recommended plugins for Wordpress CMS. What this plugin does is allows you to easily edit and control the Title, Meta description, and meta tags for each post you write.
Based on the amount of data shown within most Search Engine listings, try and stick to the following character counts when writing the information:
- Page Title – 69 Characters
- META Description – 150 Characters
- META Keywords – 5 to 10 Priority Keywords
Title
Title is the meta title on your page. This will be the title that all users will see in their browsers, and this is the title search engine bots use as well. Often bloggers are too focused on the Search Engine bots, that they make their titles full with keywords.
Example of a Bad Title: Wordpress, Seo, rankings, webwise, google
Now one would think that this type of title would have SEO Advantage, but it clearly does not because your title is diluted with keywords. Second, it is not user friendly. While search engines will help you get more traffic, it is the word of mouth advertising and user support that counts in blogging.
Good Title: Webwsie SEO –How to get higher SEO rankings in Google
This title does not dilute itself with keywords. It is essentially the brand name (Webwise) and a tagline. Also if you notice, our title is readable. It is something that users can read and not freak out. Search Engines also like this type of titles.
When you are writing your title, make sure that it is under 60 characters and you think it all the way.
Description
Also known as meta description. It is solely for search engines, and most users will not see this description at all while they are surfing your site. This description should be no longer than 150 characters because most search engines has a maximum limit of 150 characters. Writing a short description is not easy, because you have to make sure that you can add the right keywords in a sentence.
The meta description can be seen below the title in Google. If it was less than 150 characters, then you see a full description. Otherwise you will see a cut off version of the description. You need to be smart about the meta description that you are writing so it fits both search engines and your users. This not something that you will get right on the first time. You will have to keep trying and analyze your ranking results.
Keywords
This is where you will add keywords that you want to target. Separate them by commas. Make sure you do your research on keywords before targetting the keywords. This is something that you will learn overtime. We have changed our keywords numerous times as the year progresses. If a certain niche or sub-niche is getting you more traffic, you change your keywords in that direction. META Keywords – 5 to 10 Priority Keywords
