Craig Childs » seo http://craigchilds.wordpress.com jaaam Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:26:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/168691169b24b1bb07fc92c45e2d6270?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Craig Childs » seo http://craigchilds.wordpress.com Moving WordPress Title & Symbols http://craigchilds.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/moving-wordpress-title-symbols/ http://craigchilds.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/moving-wordpress-title-symbols/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:17:04 +0000 craigchilds http://craigchilds.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/moving-wordpress-title-symbols/ ]]>

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 class="brush: php;"><title><?php wp_title(' '); ?></pre> <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 class="brush: php;"><?php if(wp_title('', false)) { echo ' | '; } ?></pre> <p>Now add your blog name and whatever else you want before closing the title tag:</p> <pre class="brush: 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><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/craigchilds.wordpress.com/119/" /> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/craigchilds.wordpress.com/119/" /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/craigchilds.wordpress.com/119/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/craigchilds.wordpress.com/119/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/craigchilds.wordpress.com/119/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/craigchilds.wordpress.com/119/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/craigchilds.wordpress.com/119/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/craigchilds.wordpress.com/119/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/craigchilds.wordpress.com/119/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/craigchilds.wordpress.com/119/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/craigchilds.wordpress.com/119/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/craigchilds.wordpress.com/119/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=craigchilds.wordpress.com&blog=142563&post=119&subd=craigchilds&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craigchilds.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/moving-wordpress-title-symbols/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/af8052a5742ff594456ff7300ffc8c30?s=96&d=identicon&r=G" medium="image"> <media:title type="html">craigchilds</media:title> </media:content> </item> </channel> </rss>