B
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20% -- click through rate improvement for pages with optimised title tags (2023)
Pages with optimised title tags can see click-through rates improve by 20% or more after rewrites.
- Source states improvement is '20% or more'
- Refers to organic search click-through rate after title tag rewrites
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20%
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2023
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B
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75
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60
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20
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30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Backlinko
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Tier B
https://www.the66th.com/blog/how-to-write-title-tags-that-get-clicked/ ↗
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Title Tag SEO: How to Write Titles That Get Clicked
Title Tag SEO: How to Write Title Tags That Get Clicked in 2026
Title tag SEO is how you turn rankings into clicks. A practical guide for local businesses and small teams on length, structure, keywords, and what makes a searcher choose your result.
Title tag SEO is the part most founders skip when t…
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pages with optimised title tags: 20% click through rate improvement. Source: Backlinko (2023). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/title-tag-rewrite-ctr-improvement
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