Titles - How long is to long?

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   andyozposted 13 years ago

   So I have just been looking at the title tuner, great tool I must say.  However, as I try and add a few extra words in I start to wonder how long a title should be.  Does it matter?  Can a title be to long?

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      rebekahELLEposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      If you take a look at the Hubs category on the dashboard, you can get some ideas of effective titles of different lengths.
      http://hubpages.com/hubs/best/  some titles need to be longer. I don't know of any specific number of characters.

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         andyozposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Thats interesting, the top rated hub has 85 characters in the title!  That goes agianst what Cagsil has been saying.

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            Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Punch in the title on a search engine and see IF you can read the entire title?

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               andyozposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               Nope, it cuts off after 65 characters, haha.  I wonder if it matters though, it would not put me off reading the page. 
               
               Seems strange the top rated hub would be rated so highly if it didn't so well.

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                  Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  Some people are picky and some are not so picky.

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                     wildernessposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                     Given that you can't see it, do the search engines see it?  Do keywords at the 100 character point count, or does google ignore them?
                     
                     Maybe we should make titles exactly 65 characters long...PLUS a couple of spaces and another 10 less relevant keywords!

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                        Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                        I didn't say that I didn't see the title. I could not read the entire title. I saw the beginning title of the hub I used, but it was incomplete.
                        You have a 100 character keyword? And, I have no clue what Google does with a 100 character keyword. I pretty sure it wouldn't be good?
                        I'm not sure what you are saying here. I was just pointing out that if you wanted a title, then it should not go over 65 characters, because if it does, then the title cannot be read in it's entirety, because it runs off into ...........
                        
                        That's all I was pointing out.

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   Cagsilposted 13 years ago

   I would go with anything that is longer than 65 characters, including spaces, would be too long.

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      andyozposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Can I ask where you get that figure from?  Is there a reason for it?

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         Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Well, if you really want to get technical-
         
         Then I shall do so- I was in Multi-Level Marketing for about 10+ years and by all accounts a title should not be any longer than 45 characters(this is for marketing/advertising).
         
         Google I think recognizes up to 65 characters, as titles on search engine.

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            andyozposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Ah that makes sense then, so anything past the 65 mark won't be noticed when people are searching.  Thanks

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               Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               Anything past 65 characters will run off into .........
               
               If your title is too long, then your searcher cannot read your entire title and is less likely to bother.

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            ssaulposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            I think HP only allows up to certain amount of character in the title

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   WoodsmensPostposted 13 years ago

   I have written 2 hubs on this subject and don't claim to be an expert but here is a link to get help get you started.
   
   Google SERP Snippet Optimization Tool
   http://www.seomofo.com/snippet-optimizer.html
   
   Note: I have no affiliation with the link provided

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      andyozposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Excellent post, very helpful.
      
      So it seems 70 characters is the number, you were close Cagsil! 

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         WoodsmensPostposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Your welcome I use the tool and it has helped me tremendously. Although not all my hubs got the boost its never to late to revise. Happy hubbing

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