The standard WordPress handling of title tags [what shows up in your browser's title bar and search engines] is not guite right.
Instead of BlogTitle >> PostTitle; you want PostTitle >> BlogTitle. This helps with SEO and looks better.
You could switch wp_title and bloginfo(name), but then you get this annoying >> before your title. So here is the easy solution without resorting to a plugin.
Add the PostTitle after the
tag with ” in the brackets to remove the arrows: </p>
<pre name="code" class="php">
<title><?php wp_title(' '); ?>
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<p>Add the condition if we’ve removed that symbol, it should add another after it; in this case i’m choosing the | symbol because I don’t like the arrows:</p>
<pre name="code" class="php">
<?php if(wp_title('', false)) { echo ' | '; } ?>
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<p>Now add your blog name and whatever else you want before closing the title tag:</p>
<pre name="code" class="php">
<?php bloginfo('name'); ?> | blog description? </title>
</pre>
<p>Works like a charm. Thanks to <a href="http://www.zachgraeve.com/2006/09/01/optimizing-wordpress-title-tags/">Zach</a>.</p>
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