� iTamers Simple SEO » Changing the page title using javascript

Don't do this!!! There is absolutely no point in changing a page's title by using Javascript.

Ok - the users might get some benefit because the title is now more appropriate.

The code, if you really need to do it is

HTML:

But here's my thought process

Search Engines will only see the original title, not the revised title
Search Engines will therefore see either a generic or a spammy version of the title and the user gets the cleaned up version
If the title isn't right in the first place can you be accused of cloaking?

Now, that's a serious risk, cloaking, can you afford that allegation?

Simpler, I think, is to use the server side processes to set the title correctly before the page ever gets to the browser.

And I have to stop reading my server logs, but yes, people actually search Google for this information!

Thanks a lot 4 the information…
I’m a rookie in SEO stuff yet and I was thinking to use javascript 4 SEO, like changing my title tag.

Uff!

Comment by BetoAveiga — April 30, 2007 @ 12:33 am
I have just found this useful for myself. BUT, not for any SEO purpose. I’m developing a Web 2.0 application, so it’s all just a single page that the SE’s never see, but I still wanted to change the document title so that users can see where they are and what they are doing. In this situation, this is a good idea. In any other “plain” HTML situation, I fully agree with you that it’s a very silly idea indeed. Thankfully, like most things, it does have it’s place somewhere.

Comment by Michael — February 20, 2008 @ 7:17 pm

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