SEO question
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Hi i changed my page titles for a competitive keyword last week and noticed it has dropped 9 search engine ranking positions. Was ranking 37 and now it 46.
Would you guys leave it and see if it starts creeping back up or change again?
the page title i used was across my pages for example was Primary keyword | secondary keyword | Heading on page
thanks for you help
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Sounds like you should be in a position to know fairly quickly then. Give it a week or two and see what happens.
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Massive site with great authority. largest company within its field. currently get 120-150,000 hits a day.
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That does depend on a lot of factors, I would give it 3 weeks to a month before considering switching back. I do expect people to say I am being either too cautious or too optimistic with that estimate. It does depend a lot on the site in question.
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Not dramatically, before hand they was not keyword driven enough.
i have just added the targeted keywords into the page titles as thought would boost my rankings.
How long is a good time period to judge if its working or not then?
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I'd give it a while longer, a week isn't really enough time to judge.
Was it a dramatic change in keywords?
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