Titling and H1 Tag Question
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What to do if you have hundreds of thousands of a particular product.
Comic Books for example.
Is it ok to have the words Comic Book in the title and H1 tag as long as it is qualified?
For example, if I have the following as both the Title tag and the H1 tag.
Comic Book - Spider Man Versus Wolverine
Comic Book - Silver Surfer Goes Home to Visit Mom.
Comic Book - Superman Gets a New Kitten
Comic Book - Wonder Woman is More Wonderful Than You Know
As of now, I have been doing it this way, but only in the title tag. However, Google has been using my H1 tag as my title, so in the search results, I am only getting:
"Superman Gets a New Kitten"
And I am afraid that that is leaving out important info for searchers, especially qualifying that the product is a Comic Book and if someone is searching for a Comic Book, I need that to return.
But I don't want any 'more' trouble from the Panda. Again, this will be hundreds of thousands of products.
Thanks for your help!
Craig
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It's a pretty old page, so take it with a grain of salt. Mostly what they're getting at I think is their preference for facts over sales copy when it comes to granular data. Still, things like page counts plus author and illustrator information within the H1 and Titles could help diversify your hundreds of thousands of pages.
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Thanks for your answer Dirk!
Craig
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Hmm. That is interesting Ryan. That's good info on the description. Interesting they say to put the price in there. I have always thought that wouldn't be a good idea since prices can change...
Thanks for your answer.
Craig
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Thumbs up to Dirk's spot on answer. It's also instructive to look at Google's copy on Meta Descriptions as a general guide on the type of information they're likely to pull, from: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35624 they suggest a meta description of:
Obviously this isn't sales or marketing driven copy, but does give you a bit of insight into their point of view. Framed correctly it could help increase conversions though. Cheers!
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Hi Craig,
Don't see any issue in using the word "comic book" in your H1. A bit reluctant to give Amazon as an example but they also add the word "Paperback" in the H1 title - they just format the book title & "paperback" differently - but it's still wrapped in the H1. Just make sure that the other content on the page is unique & you should be ok.
Dirk
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