Unicode Characters in Title Works Well in MSN

Aug 29, 2005 - 10:02 am 0 by
Filed Under Bing Search

We know that HTML Entities do not hurt in terms of SEO, but can they benefit you? Well, in MSN Search it can give you better visibility. A DigitalPoint thread discusses how stars work in the title in the SERPs. *** Here is an example.

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Google removed unicode characters from the title back in December 10, 2003. Yahoo! removed unicode back in March 2005. When will MSN remove them?

 

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