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What appears in results.

THE TITLE

What appears as the clickable heading in search results.

The most important single element on the page for search.

WHAT A LOCAL TITLE SHOULD CONTAIN

What you do Where you do it Your business name

"Generator Repair in Surulere | [Business Name]"

LENGTH

Long titles are truncated. Keep the important part first.

THE DESCRIPTION

Does not directly affect ranking. Affects whether people click.

WHAT IT SHOULD CONTAIN

What the page offers Why click A reason to choose you

WHAT TO INCLUDE FOR LOCAL

The place, and something distinguishing: hours, response time, years established.

WHAT TO AVOID

The same title on every page Titles that are only your business name Descriptions that repeat the title

WHERE TO SET THEM

An SEO plugin, for WordPress.

WHAT TO CHECK

How your pages actually appear in search results.

Search for them and look.


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