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HTML Page Title

Every web page should have a page title to describe the meaning of the page.

The Title Element

The <title> element adds a title to your page:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Tutorial</title>
 </head>
<body>
The content of the document......
</body>
</html>

The title is shown in the browser's title bar:

What is a Good Title?

The title should describe the content and the meaning of the page.

The page title is very important for search engine optimization (SEO). The text is used by search engine algorithms to decide the order when listing pages in search results.

The <title> element:

  • defines a title in the browser toolbar
  • provides a title for the page when it is added to favorites
  • displays a title for the page in search engine-results

So, try to make the title as accurate and meaningful as possible!

HTML Title Tag

TagDescription
<title>Defines the title of the document

For a complete list of all available HTML tags, visit our HTML Tag Reference .

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1. HTML Tutorial2. HTML Introduction3. HTML Editors4. HTML Elements5. HTML Attributes6. HTML Headings7. HTML Paragraphs8. HTML Styles9. HTML Text Formatting10. HTML Comments11. HTML Colors12. HTML RGB and RGBA Colors13. HTML HEX Colors14. HTML HSL and HSLA Colors15. HTML Styles - CSS16. HTML Links17. HTML Links - Different Colors18. HTML Links - Create Bookmarks19. HTML Images20. HTML Image Maps21. HTML Background Images22. HTML <picture> Element23. HTML Favicon24. HTML Page Title25. HTML Tables26. HTML Table Borders27. HTML Table Sizes28. HTML Table Headers29. HTML Table Padding & Spacing30. HTML Table Colspan & Rowspan31. HTML Table Styling32. HTML Table Colgroup33. HTML Lists34. HTML Unordered Lists35. HTML Ordered Lists36. HTML Other Lists37. HTML Block and Inline Elements38. HTML Div Element39. HTML class Attribute40. HTML id Attribute41. HTML Buttons42. HTML Iframes43. HTML JavaScript44. HTML File Paths45. HTML - The Head Element46. HTML Layout Elements and Techniques47. HTML Responsive Web Design48. HTML Computer Code Elements49. HTML Semantic Elements50. HTML Style Guide51. HTML Entities52. HTML Symbols53. Using Emojis in HTML54. HTML Encoding (Character Sets)55. HTML Uniform Resource Locators56. HTML Versus XHTML

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