Timeline for Is the title attribute (not tag) important to SEO?
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| Nov 28, 2012 at 21:30 | comment | added | Bryson | That probably wouldn't be nearly as helpful as having useful content in every one of those elements. What it definitely would do is be extremely annoying, as no matter where your mouse goes the browser would generate giant tooltips. I recommend against that. Vehemently. | |
| Nov 28, 2012 at 19:25 | comment | added | user20254 | Nice answer Bryson, but I would still like to know one more thing. In terms of ranking, does using these attributes impact on how search engines rank you? I mean, in extreme you could use the title attribute in every DIV, TR, TD, etc on your website. Would that be considered cheating and impact negatively on your ranking? Thanks and keep up the good work. | |
| Sep 22, 2011 at 3:43 | comment | added | lulalala | +1 for 'not to duplicate your anchor text' as this can create usability issues at vertical menus (tooltip will block next menu item) | |
| Aug 15, 2010 at 0:21 | comment | added | Marco Demaio | +1 very interesting point when you say: " If you're trying to optimize for keywords on your current page, do not use those keywords in your title attributes. It should be the keywords that you're optimizing for on the page the link leads to." | |
| Jul 16, 2010 at 15:14 | vote | accept | JasonBirch | ||
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| Jul 16, 2010 at 13:18 | comment | added | DisgruntledGoat | Titles are often used for Javascript lightboxes, too. | |
| Jul 16, 2010 at 6:29 | comment | added | artlung | I just wanted to amplify your answer with regards to alt vs. title for images. Nice google blog post on this issue: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/12/… | |
| Jul 16, 2010 at 4:26 | history | edited | Bryson | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jul 16, 2010 at 4:13 | history | answered | Bryson | CC BY-SA 2.5 |