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Header title vs body title question

I have been reading the suggestions from Google on what they accept and don’t want to accept for seo purposes and have a question.

One of the sites we have done has a competitor who manages to get slightly higher results on some key searches, so I looked at the code for their site. It seems they do the same title on every single page. This title is all just keywords strung together. Then, they use an onload title in the body tag in order to have a unique title on each page. Like this:

<head section
<title>a bus full of keywords
</end of the head section

<body onLoad=”document.title=’Page name'”

From what I read on the seo standards that Google suggests, they say they do not want to see this sort of thing. But, I see that this technique goes over.

So, is it better to have a meaningful title for each page in the head section as they suggest or to use this technique that I’ve cited above?

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@NXInteractifMar 04.2009 — Well, to begin:

-Using any method that simply will "go over" is never the best approach to any problem whatsoever. That is what one would call a "cheat" that simply bends the corner rather than an actual solution.

Another reason to not use this method:

-Users without javascript enabled will see this very stupid string of keywords in the title bar (not very attractive nor professional).

-Also, <meta> tags were defined for this very purpose.
[CODE]
<meta http-equiv="keywords" content="your keywords here" />
[/CODE]

-Lastly, when a user goes to search using Google, and a site's link is displayed where they have used this technique, the link's name will thus reflect the HTML title, not the title that is altered by javascript. Usually, someone would not want to click a link named "Web hosting site services domain parking www search engine optimization free domain name nameserver......"

In the end, is it possible to use this method to just pass by in site ranking?: Possibly.

Is this method at all to be condoned by anyone actually wanting a cross-compatible, accessible website that utilizes correct and better methods to obtain SEO?: Not at all.
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