I am looking for the best post and page title template
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There seems to be a few schools of thought as to how the title templates in the yoast plugin. currently mine are set with the default templates
posts title template (%%title%% %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%%)
page title template (%%title%% %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%%)
What are the best options here for proper SEO. I am learning as much as i can but i have searched for a concrete answer here on the net, but found many different responses. What do you all think? What is my best option?
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Personally I think it depends on the type of site I'm working with. An eCommerce retail site and a corporate business page are very different in my book. I also like a simple, easy to read format (for both robots and users).
posts title template (%%title%% %%sep%% %%category%% %%sep%% %%sitename%%)
page title template (%%title%% %%sep%% %%sitename%%)
If your page is optimized for the selected keyword(s), then they will be appearing with the title. I've had good look with it recently.
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