Writing Headlines for Social Sites & Search Engines

Gyutae Park shares a simple technique on how to write a SEO-optimized headline that attracts search traffic and also does well on social media sites.

When you first write an article, write the title (including both title tag and header tag) for social media (use numbers, names, or descriptive power words). Get the word out and give it a chance to spread on sites like Twitter, StumbleUpon, Digg, Delicious, Reddit, etc.

Later, change the title tag on the article to be more SEO friendly by incorporating descriptive keywords with high search frequency. Leave the header tag as is with the social media version to entice search visitors to further read the content.

For search engines, the title tags should include highly relevant keywords and these may not always make a very attractive headline. So put the attractive headline in the H1 tags while the boring but search friendly headline could go in the title tag.

Amit Agarwal

Amit Agarwal

Google Developer Expert, Google Cloud Champion

Amit Agarwal is a Google Developer Expert in Google Workspace and Google Apps Script. He holds an engineering degree in Computer Science (I.I.T.) and is the first professional blogger in India.

Amit has developed several popular Google add-ons including Mail Merge for Gmail and Document Studio. Read more on Lifehacker and YourStory

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