Comments on: Should The Headline Always Come First?

By: uwak

uwak — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:59:10 +0000

I am agree, headline is very important for writer and visitor….focus and to make articles structure better

By: Chris Crum

Chris Crum — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:36:31 +0000

The title is definitely a very important part. I think for me, I am able to come up with a better one once I get out my entire post.

By: Rachelloury

Rachelloury — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:09:34 +0000

Sometimes the headline is the idea that generates the content and at other times the contents demand some thought about what to call the post. I use both, though, I must confess that the first alternative seems to happen more often than the other.

By: mastersofseo

mastersofseo — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:11:12 +0000

I do both lol depending on the post. Typically though I agree with you, and I write the post first, and then write the article. But I spend alot of time choosing the titles, because that's one of the things you can rank for in google. A good title, is essential for a post to do well. Though it's not as important as a good post, the title is also very crucial because like you said it's the first thing you see. Jonathan Muller

By: Gas Boilers

Gas Boilers — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:06:48 +0000

It is not necessary that headline should always come first. If the post has something unique which is never heard or seen than it should be considered whether it is written at the bottom of the statement.

By: Roger Hamilton

Roger Hamilton — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:56:11 +0000

I think it depends on how well we are able to post for the various styles. The better we are at one, the easier it will be and thus I don’t think the headline should always go first.

By: Tyson

Tyson — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:44:07 +0000

For those who are trying to provide a good ‘value post’ content and length need to be confined in a thought structure.

I believe starting with an thought or ‘category and tags’ in mind is the best approach. The headline should be last, because you need to make sure keyword are represented strongly in the title. How else will you grab that organic readership?

By: Louis Liem

Louis Liem — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:56:57 +0000

I’m more to Chris’. Additionally, after I write the article, I look for a couple of words in the article I can replace with keywords. And then creating the optimized title.

By: Chris Crum

Chris Crum — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:02:16 +0000

Hi Ikki,

Thanks for the response. I think you’re right when you say “we all need to find our own ways…”. The fact that we can share opposite strategies and the benefits of each, should only prove helpful for readers in the long run and help people think about their own strategies, and things they could be doing differently.

In other words, as long as we get some wheels turning, I guess that’s all that really matters.

Chris

By: Ajith Edassery

Ajith Edassery — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:14:53 +0000

Regardless of whether you think of the title first or the content, what you are bringing up at the end is your structured throught. So it hardly matters what to think first.

And even when you start off with the title, actally what’s being visualized in your mind is ‘what the post should contain’!

~Ajith