I was hit hard with the recent google changes and one of the many things I am playing with are my hub titles. Problem is though this means that the title and URL won't match. Is that worse?? Should I delete and republish or will I get away with the title and URL bring different?
It is generally accepted that the title is more important than the URL.. many pages have titles different to their URL .. just change, if you have low traffic you have everything to gain and nothing to lose
by Dorsi Diaz 15 years ago
When I first started writing at HubPages I was under the impression that one should make the url and the first title of their hub the same.So my question now is: When trying to write the url for maximum traffic, how much should you really deviate on the main title? Or does it even matter if the key...
by Sanjay Sharma 10 years ago
After changing the title of the hub, the URL remains the same. Does it affect the existing traffic or the position on Google ? How often the title could be changed ? Is it advisable or not ?
by TahoeDoc 11 years ago
SEO experts....How important is it that URL matches title keywords?I titled a hub, partially typed and saved it. Then I decided a different title would be more appropriate and changed it. I just realized the URL (in the address bar in the search engine) keeps the original title. So my URL does not...
by Jackie Lynnley 10 years ago
I know we can completely change our hub titles but I wondered if the first title we used is still ours or any there after for that matter even though we changed it?
by yoshi97 15 years ago
For a long time it has puzzled me how one of my hubs keeps doing great, when it shouldn't. You see, I started a hub on one topic and then changed my mind in the middle of it.Now, back then I had no idea you couldn't change the URL later, so I was horrified when I was stuck with a URL that couldn't...
by Christine Miranda 12 years ago
I was almost done with a hub and noticed a typo in the title. It allowed me to edit the title but it doesn't edit the URL.I can understand not allowing change after URL (ok, not really) but you should be able to edit the URL before publishing. When you click publish I think a box should open...
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