Maximum keywords I should use in home page title and <h1> tag

[syka786]

Hi

I have a new ecommerce store and I am doing some SEO. For the home page I have 18 words in the page title. 3 of those words are repeated 3 times but to describe different products I am selling. Am I over doing it and will I get punished considering I do sell a wide range of products.

Also below the header I have a little 2 line introduction to my website surrounded by <h1> tags. The key words used are almost the same as in the page title. Once again do you think I am over doing it?

Finally do you think I should have a paragraph lower down on the homepage in <h2> tags describing my site in a bit more detail?

I appreciate any help

Thanks

Tahir

[Robert Charlton]

18 words is way too much. I try to keep everything under about the 63 characters for Google. It's a good form of discipline to keep the page focused as well.

Am I over doing it and will I get punished considering I do sell a wide range of products.

You won't get punished. You're just diluting your home page relevance by trying to get everything on one page.

Check out this thread re how to think about structuring a site to use your inner pages as well as your home page...

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