Length of title important?

[matze]

Is length of title important for keyword relevancy inside the title?

So would it be better to put a lot of keywords in the title or should I better choose just one or two important words?

Thanks for your help,
Mathias

[Shakil]

Hi and Welcome to Webmasterworld

at the end of the day, the CRUCIAL thing is that The Title should be RELEVANT to the user searching.

in standard serps, that is 1 of the most important factors in getting a CLICK, which is the whole point if you are trying to rank high (no point being #1 if no one clicks)

Your main Keyword in title always helps, but try and make it relevant, rather than creating "Keyword, Buy, Keyword, Find Keyword, Cheap Keyword"

as for the length, I try and keep UNDER 50 characters (including spaces)

Shak

[4eyes]

Shakil's right.

Having said that, I still try to keep Titles down to <=12 words.

[diddlydazz]

I usually keep mine to under 70 Chars, google seems to truncate after 68-72, as mentioned there is no point having a keyword rich title that no-one clicks on.

Dazz