How Important Is Your Blog Post Title

Your blog post title is probably one of the most important aspects of what you write. Your blog post title should have a lot of thought put into it before you publish.

Just as you can build a great looking blog, it’s nothing unless someone comes to read it. You need links.. you need traffic.. you need readers. You’re a blogger, it’s the stuff of blogging.. the life blood.. the readers.

There are two thoughts on this..

1. You’re a creative writer.. you write from inspiration.. you write to journal your thoughts and then share them with others. You’re emotional based ie: in touch with your feminine.

2. You’re a professional blogger who is logic based. You write to inspire people, to promote things, to get traffic based on trends or on the topic at hand… you’re a niche blogger. This is logic based and comes from the masculine.

The creative person just pours out his or her soul into the creation of the thought… it flows… it’s divinely inspired.

So.. creative person.. write, write and write some more. Then and only then should you write your title. Even if you had a great title in mind to begin with, write your title last because what actually came out of your fingers may not be what the title was about. Write the post and THEN write the title based on the post

Logical person with a purpose to the post. Same for you. Write the post.. use keyword searches to find the long tail keyword phrases and embed them in the post in the first paragraph and for sure in the end paragraph.. you probably already know this. Then.. and only then, write your title. However, write your title based on the keyword phrase you intend to optimize your post for. Make sure you use keyword search tools to find the long tail phrases and use them in the title. Make the title descriptive and related to what the post is about, but do it last and do your research first.

Your title becomes the clickable part of search results when people are searching for things using google or any other search engine. The title is what catches their attention, so it should be descriptive as well as search engine optimized (using the keyword phrase).

Your blog post title is also what people are looking at in their rss feed readers. If the title grabs their attention, they come back to your blog to read the post.

See, it’s all about the title.

Write a good blog post title after you write your post.

Popularity: 26%

This post has been read 2039 times



Thank you for reading this post. You can now Read Comment (1) or Leave A Trackback.


Tags: , , , ,

Post Info

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 and is filed under RSS, Blogging.

You can follow any responses to this entry through the Comments Feed. You can Leave A Comment, or A Trackback.



Previous Post: 102 Practical Blog Tips »
Next Post: How Important Is The First Paragraph Of Your Blog? »

Read More

Related Reading:

One Response to “How Important Is Your Blog Post Title

  • 1
    Jayne
    September 17th, 2007 04:15

    I’ll admit that you’re right, and titles are important… and sometimes you should think about SEO, but I also think this is one of the most boring titles in this very article!

    My advice is “don’t be afraid to spice it up a little”.

    Overall though, it’s good advice. :)


Subscribe without commenting


Leave a Reply

Note: Any comments are permitted only because I am letting you post, and any comments will be removed for any reason at the absolute discretion of me.