[wp-docs] Redundancy in article titles

Keiron Marsden keiron at marsdenit.co.uk
Mon Apr 30 14:41:54 GMT 2007


I agree with Jennifer on all points.

Also I think that search engines will rank the pages higher for search 
phrases like "wordpress coding standards" if all of the words appear in 
the title.

Keiron


Jennifer Hodgdon wrote:
> Ehi Akwara wrote:
>> Well there is nothing wrong with reinforcing the wordpress brand in 
>> users minds. what if someone saves that particular page as a bookmark? 
>
> That is not a problem. When you rename a page, the old title remains 
> around as a link to the new page, perhaps forever.
>
> However, can you want to start changing titles until some consensus is 
> reached? One person posted a gripe, and one person answered that he 
> agreed, so far.
>
> I personally prefer titles like "WordPress Lessons" over "Lessons" 
> (seems more specific and friendly somehow). Also "WordPress Coding 
> Standards" makes it clear that the coding standards apply to all of 
> WordPress (as opposed to Theme Coding Standards, Plugin Coding 
> Standards, etc.). "Getting Started with WordPress" rather than 
> "Getting Started" -- makes it clear that it is not going to cover how 
> to get started with blogging in general, acquire web hosting, etc.
>
> Just my 2 cents...
>
>        Jennifer
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