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The page title is probably the most important information on any page

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 | Title Guidelines & SEO Tips | Title Importance | Title Location | Title Examples | Title Length |

Title Importance - Why is the page Title  so important

A good page title is essential because The title:

  • The title appears on the very top line of a browser window, immediately below the browsers border.
  • The title partially appears in Browser Tabs
  • The title is used by Search Engines and usually displayed in results of searches.
  • After a pages content, the title is the most important Element on a page for SEO. Search engine optimization

Title Location

The page title is located in the head section of your page code.

Example


<!DOCTYPE >
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Place your HTML Title content here</title>
More head code here as required
</head>

The title can be entered directly into the Source Code. This is the best way to learn HTML

or HTML editors have a section for you to enter the title

Title Examples

<title>Your Title for the page goes here. Include the pages Keyphrases</title>

The following is the title of this page:

<title>HTML Title tag Guidelines SEO Importance Length Location Examples</title>

Guidelines on how to use the HTML Title tag. Why it's Importance, the Length to use, where to place it and Title Examples

Title Length

  • Maximum Length: Around 64 characters. Spaces are counted as characters.
    • Longer titles will be truncated
    • Title element examples that are Too Short and therefore unmeaning full
      • <title>Information</title>
      • <title>Home Page</title>
      • <title>Very Important</title>

Title Guidelines & SEO Tips

  • The <title> element is required in all HTML documents, (ie page).
    • An element is the tag plus it's contents.
  • Only one <title> tag is allowed per documents
  • The title is a short description of that Pages content. Include keyphrases / Keywords in the description
    • It should be descriptive
    • Meaningful
  • Do not repeat keyphrases / Keywords
  • Each title on your site should be unique. ie do not repeat titles
  • Maximum Length: Around 64 characters. Spaces are counted as characters. Longer titles will be truncated
  • Do not include any of the following with the <title></title> tags
    • Anchors
    • Paragraph marks
    • Highlighting
    • HTML tags
  • Examples that are Too Short and therefore unmeaning full
    • <title>Information</title>
    • <title>Home Page</title>
    • <title>Very Important</title>
  • <title></title> written in lowercase
  • If you want to use the short version of and, &, then enter &amp; into the title element.
    Note &amp; is converted to & by the browser

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