{"id":370,"date":"2008-03-20T06:13:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-20T11:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=370"},"modified":"2012-03-04T18:56:05","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T22:56:05","slug":"creating-the-best-blog-post-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2008\/03\/20\/creating-the-best-blog-post-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating The Best Blog Post Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Titling your blog post is a craft, but has a few common sense rules that are easy to follow. Not only is your title a teaser for the actual post, but it can help you with search engines if done properly.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few examples of blog post titles that not only clearly explain the post or are keyword dense:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2008\/01\/e-newsletter-best-practices.html\">Best Practices for e-Newsletters<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2008\/02\/runescape-game-review-for-parents.html\">Runescape &#8211; a Game Review for Parents<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Permanent Link to Best Practices on Using Music on Websites\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mccordwebdesign.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/19\/best-practices-on-using-music-on-websites\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Best Practices on Using Music on Websites<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Permanent Link to Effective Blog Posts Titles - A How To\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mccordwebdesign.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/18\/effective-blog-posts-titles-a-how-to\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Effective Blog Posts Titles &#8211; A How To<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Permanent Link to Webkinz - A Parent Game Review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mccordwebdesign.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/17\/webkinz-a-parent-game-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Webkinz &#8211; A Parent Game Review<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Permanent Link to How to Build Web and Blog Traffic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mccordwebdesign.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/14\/how-to-build-web-and-blog-traffic\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to Build Web and Blog Traffic<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Permanent Link to How To Become A Productive Blogger\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mccordwebdesign.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/13\/how-to-become-a-productive-blogger\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How To Become A Productive Blogger<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Permanent Link to Website Navigation - Best Practices\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mccordwebdesign.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/12\/website-navigation-best-practices\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Website Navigation &#8211; Best Practices<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Permanent Link to Game Reviews for Parents - Club Penguin Reviewed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mccordwebdesign.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/07\/game-reviews-for-parents-club-penguin-reviewed\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Game Reviews for Parents &#8211; Club Penguin Reviewed<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2008\/02\/social-media-blogging-does-it-work.html\">Social Media Blogging Does It Work?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are just a few examples but you can see several common elements. There are many searches on best practices, how to&#8217;s and reviews. Take advantage of that search traffic to craft your post title to match a search query and pick up some extra traffic.<\/p>\n<p>On a sidebar, take a look at this post, I have used another technique for search engines, I have deep linked to my own websites in a creative way, feeding search engines and you into my content. And take a look at the anchor text (what is included in the hyperlink). Not only is the anchor text a match for my post title, but it is keyword dense.<\/p>\n<p>You can use all of these techniques easily on your own blog, just start first with a well crafted title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Titling your blog post is a craft, but has a few common sense rules that are easy to follow. Not only is your title a teaser for the actual post, but it can help you with search engines if done properly. Here are a few examples of blog post titles that not only clearly explain the post or are keyword dense: Best Practices for e-NewslettersRunescape &#8211; a Game Review for ParentsBest Practices on Using Music on WebsitesEffective Blog Posts Titles &#8211; A How ToWebkinz &#8211; A Parent Game ReviewHow to Build Web and Blog TrafficHow To Become A Productive BloggerWebsite Navigation &#8211; Best PracticesGame Reviews for Parents &#8211; Club Penguin ReviewedSocial Media Blogging Does It Work? These are just a few examples but you can see several common elements. There are many searches on best practices, how to&#8217;s and reviews. Take advantage of that search traffic to craft your post title to match a search query and pick up some extra traffic. On a sidebar, take a look at this post, I have used another technique for search engines, I have deep linked to my own websites in a creative way, feeding search engines and you into my content. And take a look at the anchor text (what is included in the hyperlink). Not only is the anchor text a match for my post title, but it is keyword dense. You can use all of these techniques easily on your own blog, just start first with a well crafted title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,357],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging","category-news-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2579,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions\/2579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}