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Should questions include "tags" in their titles? really asks, "Don't we need tags in titles to help with SEO"?

 

So, "no, we don't, because we add the top tag (or two, in some cases) to the crawler results," is correct, but it appears that people are interpreting that to mean that people generally can (or should) omit key terms from their titles if they exist in the tags.

Should questions include "tags" in their titles? really asks, "Don't we need tags in titles to help with SEO"?

So, "no, we don't, because we add the top tag (or two, in some cases) to the crawler results," is correct, but it appears that people are interpreting that to mean that people generally can (or should) omit key terms from their titles if they exist in the tags.

• I agree that we should never force a tag into a title if it's not helpful; Why didn't my beer cake cook properly? should NOT have "[Baking]:" jammed into the title, because it adds nothing to a reader's understanding of what it's about, BUT...

• Nothing should be left out of a title just because it exists in the tags.

• I agree that we should never force a tag into a title if it's not helpful; Why didn't my beer cake cook properly? should NOT have "[Baking]:" jammed into the title, because it adds nothing to a reader's understanding of what it's about, BUT...

• Nothing should be left out of a title just because it exists in the tags.

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Trilogy examples: How do I make a machine "blank screen" for a period of time (as a penalty) if certain noise levels are reached?, What is the purpose of the holes marked "Do Not Cover" on hard drives?, What's wrong with always being root?