Why use the title when you can be 3rd for nothing!
lasko
8:02 am on Aug 28, 2003 (gmt 0)
I was amazed to find not only results showing Amazon and the usual PDF files but a web page with no title yes a 'Untitled Document' reaching 3rd position in a strong keyword search.
Come on Google clean up before Yahoo cleans up the lot!
ciml
3:03 pm on Aug 28, 2003 (gmt 0)
Title is one of a number of factors that help.
It is also possible to rank well with a relevant title but not relevant body text or inbound anchor text.
amazed
3:08 pm on Aug 28, 2003 (gmt 0)
I can offer "system-check" as no. one .... (that SERP is not on anything technical).
The page with that title however is absolutely on topic...
RussellC
3:12 pm on Aug 28, 2003 (gmt 0)
It doesn't matter because no one is going to click on that Untitled site anyways. If you have a good title for your site most people will click on yours before they click on that site regardless of the # in the SERP. The title tag is not just for the search engines. It is for the user.
Goober
3:18 pm on Aug 28, 2003 (gmt 0)
A google search for my keyword turns up a page with a Ge*cit*es address with no title at #3. There are no keywords listed only body text.