Who do you write your blog titles for? The search engines so you get better indexing or for the readers of your blog who may be getting your blog posts in a feedreader? An interesting question and one we discuss from time to time with our clients. We generally recommend you use your most important keywords in the first 2-3 words of your blog title. However, you don't want to sacrifice readability for findability and keyword optimization. It's a fine line. In my view, readers come first.
Here's a post you may want to read through to get a better picture of this debate: Write for people not search engines
Source: John Trosko
