Meta Title Pipes and Spacing

[RezStreamSEO]

I've been doing optimization on a clients website and want to make sure I'm maximizing my characters.

Does anyone have any feedback on the spacing in between the pipes ( | ) ?

IE: Internet Marketing Company | Denver SEO | Brand Name

Do the spaces before and after the pipes play a role in whether the search engines can distinguish the keyword or is it all considered one word if there is no spaces such as:

IE: Internet Marketing Company|Denver SEO|Brand Name

Any information will be super helpful.  Thanks for your help!

[eyepaq]

I think this video from Matt Cutts can help with this issue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHSqLYUPq8w

In a nutshell: pipe is ok as a separator and it dosen't really matter if it's glued or with spaces but you should do it the way it's easier for the users to read - and that will be with spaces.

Hope it helps.

[Oren.]

It's good practice to include spacing but Google can make the distinction.  That being said, I would recommend just using spacing and no pipes if you don't have space for three characters it looks much better.

[jesse-landry]

Forget about how the Search Engines see this for a second and think about how a potential user sees it. Play the customer. Pretend you are them. Are you them yet? Good, let's proceed:

Look at these two results and decide which one you want to click:

Internet Marketing Company | Denver SEO | Brand Name

Internet Marketing Company|Denver SEO|Brand Name

Bet I know which one you chose.

Don't stuff! Take care with your titles! Titles are the single most important aspect of your digital marketing campaign! This is the first thing that a potential customer will see when coming to your site. Make them want to click it!