Is the title still important for ranking on Google

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention.

1. The Title Tag <title> is the HTML element that specifies the title of a web page. They are displayed on the SERPs as clickable headlines. Title tags play an important role in usability, social sharing and also enhance the SEO of your website. The best practice is to keep the title tag accurate and write a concise description of your content.

2. Please note that ranking on Google depends on so much more than just your on-page optimization. You could have the perfect article and still struggle to break the top 10 in SERPs. Here are some of the factors Google considers when ranking you:

1. Your website’s authority
2. Your content’s quality and how better it is than the other article currently ranking.
3. How competitive the keyword is.
4. How many backlinks do you have and if they are better than what the other guys ranking for that keyword have.
5. Your website’s crawlability.
6. Frequency of new content and content updates.
7. So much more that there is a dedicated blog post on it by Brian Dean:
https://backlinko.com/google-ranking-factors

I would recommend that you keep at it and work on acquiring more links to break into the top SERPs.

3. A Sitemap is an essential tool for any website if it wants to get indexed by search engines. The search engines make use of these Sitemaps to get more information about the website. A sitemap informs Google which pages and files on your site you think are relevant, as well as useful information about these files, such as when the page was last modified, how often it is changed, and any alternate language versions of the page. Thus, it is nothing but a blueprint of the website.

I hope that helps.

Thank you, and please don’t hesitate to contact us anytime if you need further assistance with anything else.