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Would always including the brand name and the city, state in the title for every blog or other pages or even for product matter? Would this seem repetitive or bad for SEO best practices sicne it already has the keyword? Usually it's good for local, but isn't it way too much and it can get truncated in the search results due to this.
 
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That's quite spammy.

It's best if title is unique.
 
Let's forget about the search engine for a second and think of something more important: the search engine's user, the one who will buy your product or register on your offer so you can make money. The first thing that will make someone click your site out of all the search results is the title. The title should be written for the users before all, and should also be descriptive of what the page is about. Write title for humans, title that fulfills the searcher's intent speaking to him like 'yes, this is the page you were searching for darling!'.

I'm not saying forget about optimizations and following seo rules and so, but I'll always gear my titles towards the user first, and then optimize on that.
 
Including the brand name and city in every title can be repetitive for SEO, potentially leading to truncation in search results, so it's better to balance it and avoid overstuffing.
 
Use unique, non-repetitive titles to boost SEO performance.
 
Including brand and location in every title can help local SEO, but overuse may hurt user experience and SEO due to repetition and truncation use them wisely
 
silverpanda said:
Would always including the brand name and the city, state in the title for every blog or other pages or even for product matter? Would this seem repetitive or bad for SEO best practices sicne it already has the keyword? Usually it's good for local, but isn't it way too much and it can get truncated in the search results due to this.
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  • Better local visibility: Adding your city and state helps people nearby find you on Google.
  • Brand awareness: Using your brand name often helps people remember and trust you.
  • Clearer signals for Google: Adding your location shows Google where you do business.
 
Good question! In my experience, adding the brand name and location in every title can help with local SEO, but it should be balanced. If it looks repetitive or eats up important title space, it may hurt CTR. I usually keep it for service pages or where local intent is strong, not every blog post.
 
Including brand and location in every title can help local SEO but overdoing it may harm user experience and cause truncation—use strategically not automatically
 
silverpanda said:
Would always including the brand name and the city, state in the title for every blog or other pages or even for product matter? Would this seem repetitive or bad for SEO best practices sicne it already has the keyword? Usually it's good for local, but isn't it way too much and it can get truncated in the search results due to this.
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That can cause content cannibalism, if you want to implement this, learning about silo structures might help
 
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