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Title tags are <strong>the</strong> blue text found on search engine result pages (SERPs).<br />

It’s probably <strong>the</strong> only thing you read when Googling something before<br />

actually clicking <strong>to</strong> ano<strong>the</strong>r website. <strong>The</strong>y should also be 100% unique <strong>to</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> web page <strong>the</strong>y’re published on.<br />

Not only that, but <strong>the</strong> title tag should include <strong>the</strong> most prominent<br />

keywords and service areas targeted on that page.<br />

Title tags aren’t only visible on SERPs, but also in web browsers… you<br />

know… <strong>the</strong> little text that appears in <strong>the</strong> tab of your Chrome or Firefox<br />

window:<br />

Here’s what it looks like <strong>to</strong> search engines:

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