Unicode icons in <title>

Ashway · Aug 31, 2019

I want to put various unicode icons in my <title> for the sake of looks, could that hurt my SEO?

Will it matter if i add the icon in the beginning or end of the title? (As i heard having your keyword in begining of your title has higher seo value and placing icon there will negate that value)

Imz · Aug 31, 2019

Good question, I've never tested this.

I wonder what the click through rate would be with a title that has a unicode icon, would users be inclined to click through or turned off.

Ashway · Aug 31, 2019

Imz said:
Good question, I've never tested this.

I wonder what the click through rate would be with a title that has a unicode icon, would users be inclined to click through or turned off.

I am sure it will be high as it looks different and nice compare to other results.
Out of curiousity many would want to click on the link.

BassTrackerBoats · Aug 31, 2019

Do you really want to mess with what is typically your <h1> tag on your site like that?

It's fine if you are not interested in ranking your site but I would not mess with an <h> tag that had importance if it were my site and I was working to rank it.

Imz · Aug 31, 2019

BassTrackerBoats said:
Do you really want to mess with what is typically your <h1> tag on your site like that?

It's fine if you are not interested in ranking your site but I would not mess with an <h> tag that had importance if it were my site and I was working to rank it.

I believe he's wanting to mess with the <title> tag.
The title is what's displayed in serps and browser tabs, not the h1.

Although I agree, it's as worthy as a <h> and I wouldn't personally mess with it.

Ashway · Aug 31, 2019

I mean like this

M.C. Histemine · Sep 3, 2019

I haven't been able to reproduce this personally, but would love to know how someone could.

rafark · Sep 3, 2019

If google backend supports this, I see no reason why it would affect your rankings as long as it's not in the middle of the text.

Ashway · Sep 4, 2019

Ok guys, will try this on of my low ranking url. Will update here any serp movement updates.

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