Supreme Directory, Home Page SEO

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  • July 31, 2017 at 8:34 pm #389196

    RAMON COLE
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    Hi,

    I’m having a possible problem with the SEO on the homepage of Supreme Directory.

    I’m using YOAST and doing it all correctly, ie covering up the site title with a logo so that I can put a decent sized 50 or so letters of test description as the site title without it looking horrendous, and I’ve added the full title into YOAST so that everything is in there too.

    The possible problem I’m having is with the Homepage Title, which for aesthetic reasons needs to be a maximum of two/three words at the most.

    Viewing the page source shows that the H1 class entry title is only picking up on the two/three words in the homepage title rather than my 50 or so letters of text originally used for the website title.

    Will I have a problem with using a short two word title, or will everything be ok?

    August 1, 2017 at 11:12 am #389244

    Stiofan O’Connor
    Site Admin
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    Hi Ramon,

    Can you link me to your site and provide wp-admin and i’ll take a look.

    Thanks,

    Stiofan

    August 1, 2017 at 11:23 am #389245

    RAMON COLE
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    August 1, 2017 at 11:25 am #389246

    RAMON COLE
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    August 1, 2017 at 12:34 pm #389256

    Stiofan O’Connor
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    Thanks for the info, the logo has the title of the site, but the first H1 is the big title text.
    I would imagine this is fine, i will flag this for paolo as he is more of an SEO expert than me 🙂

    Stiofan

    August 1, 2017 at 12:38 pm #389260

    RAMON COLE
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    Thanks Stiophan – I’ll leave the admin credentials intact for him.

    That was what I noticed too, and the only way around it at the moment is to put the whole title into the page heading, which makes it look a bit daft.

    August 1, 2017 at 4:00 pm #389288

    Paolo
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    h1 of the home page is the title not the logo.

    Thanks

    August 1, 2017 at 4:14 pm #389289

    RAMON COLE
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    So if the title is the h1 tag, shouldn’t the h1 class entry title be changed to something different?

    August 1, 2017 at 4:17 pm #389290

    Paolo
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    which one?

    August 1, 2017 at 4:22 pm #389292

    RAMON COLE
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    As Stiophan pointed out – the 50 character plus title of the homepage appears as the title, but the only visible h1 tag is the shortened version that appears as the big title text.

    August 1, 2017 at 4:25 pm #389293

    Paolo
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    There is only one h1 at the moment on your page.

    Thanks

    August 1, 2017 at 4:31 pm #389294

    RAMON COLE
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    Yes I know there is, which brings me back to the original question –

    The possible problem I’m having is with the Homepage Title, which for aesthetic reasons needs to be a maximum of two/three words at the most.

    Viewing the page source shows that the H1 class entry title is only picking up on the two/three words in the homepage title rather than my 50 or so letters of text originally used for the website title.

    Will I have a problem with using a short two word title, or will everything be ok?

    August 1, 2017 at 4:34 pm #389296

    Paolo
    Site Admin
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    What really counts there is the meta title and that’s being used correctly:

    Nottingham Shine | Shops Bars and Businesses in Nottingham

    You are all good.

    Thanks

    August 1, 2017 at 4:38 pm #389297

    RAMON COLE
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    Super, all good to go then.

    You know what, this conversation would have taken 3-4 weeks at PremiumPress or Appthemes.

    Excellent support all around!

    August 1, 2017 at 4:40 pm #389298

    Stiofan O’Connor
    Site Admin
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    lol thanks 🙂

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