gouri - 8:32 pm on Aug 30, 2010 (gmt 0)

Now, with the much celebrated Caffeine muscle G* may now be able to parse pages better (apply CSS rules, execute JS and so on) and therefore importance of title tags is diminished because there is just more other content from the page to index?

1script,

That is definitely an interesing thought in my opinion.
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I am working on something that is similar to what mhansen said and I would appreciate if someone could please help me?

Say, for example, that I am trying to rank for the phrase Signs of Getting Sick

Would it be better to change the title tag from Signs of Getting Sick
to

Signs of Getting Sick | Cold & Fever

or

Signs of Getting Sick - Cold & Fever

I guess these examples that I am providing would be considered Signs of Getting Sick - [factors]

Would being more descriptive (adding a couple of more words to the phrase that I am trying to rank for) help me to rank for that phrase (Signs of Getting Sick)?

Also, does it make a difference which of the two options I use (| or dash sign)?