Html head title element

: The Document Metadata (Header) element

The HTML element contains machine-readable information (metadata) about the document, like its title, scripts, and style sheets.

Note: primarily holds information for machine processing, not human-readability. For human-visible information, like top-level headings and listed authors, see the element.

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

profile Deprecated Non-standard

The URIs of one or more metadata profiles, separated by white space.

Examples

doctype html> html lang="en-US"> head> meta charset="UTF-8" /> meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" /> title>Document titletitle> head> html> 

Technical summary

If the document is an srcdoc document, or if title information is available from a higher level protocol (like the subject line in HTML email), zero or more elements of metadata content.

Otherwise, one or more elements of metadata content where exactly one is a element.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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HTML — The Head Element

The HTML element is a container for the following elements: , , , , , and .

The HTML Element

The element is a container for metadata (data about data) and is placed between the tag and the tag.

HTML metadata is data about the HTML document. Metadata is not displayed.

Metadata typically define the document title, character set, styles, scripts, and other meta information.

The HTML Element

The element defines the title of the document. The title must be text-only, and it is shown in the browser’s title bar or in the page’s tab.

The element is required in HTML documents!

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

• 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!

Example

The content of the document.

The HTML Element

The element is used to define style information for a single HTML page:

Example

The HTML Element

The element defines the relationship between the current document and an external resource.

The tag is most often used to link to external style sheets:

Example

Tip: To learn all about CSS, visit our CSS Tutorial.

The HTML Element

The element is typically used to specify the character set, page description, keywords, author of the document, and viewport settings.

The metadata will not be displayed on the page, but is used by browsers (how to display content or reload page), by search engines (keywords), and other web services.

Examples

Define the character set used:

Define keywords for search engines:

Define a description of your web page:

Define the author of a page:

Refresh document every 30 seconds:

Setting the viewport to make your website look good on all devices:

Example

Setting The Viewport

The viewport is the user’s visible area of a web page. It varies with the device — it will be smaller on a mobile phone than on a computer screen.

You should include the following element in all your web pages:

This gives the browser instructions on how to control the page’s dimensions and scaling.

The width=device-width part sets the width of the page to follow the screen-width of the device (which will vary depending on the device).

The initial-scale=1.0 part sets the initial zoom level when the page is first loaded by the browser.

Here is an example of a web page without the viewport meta tag, and the same web page with the viewport meta tag:

Tip: If you are browsing this page with a phone or a tablet, you can click on the two links below to see the difference.

The HTML Element

The element is used to define client-side JavaScripts.

The following JavaScript writes «Hello JavaScript!» into an HTML element with >

Example

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The HTML Element

The element specifies the base URL and/or target for all relative URLs in a page.

The tag must have either an href or a target attribute present, or both.

There can only be one single element in a document!

Example

Specify a default URL and a default target for all links on a page:

Chapter Summary

• The element is a container for metadata (data about data)
• The element is placed between the tag and the tag
• The element is required and it defines the title of the document
• The element is used to define style information for a single document
• The tag is most often used to link to external style sheets
• The element is typically used to specify the character set, page description, keywords, author of the document, and viewport settings
• The element is used to define client-side JavaScripts
• The element specifies the base URL and/or target for all relative URLs in a page

HTML head Elements

Tag	Description
	Defines information about the document
	Defines the title of a document
	Defines a default address or a default target for all links on a page
	Defines the relationship between a document and an external resource
	Defines metadata about an HTML document
	Defines a client-side script
	Defines style information for a document

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

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: The Document Title element

The HTML element defines the document’s title that is shown in a browser’s title bar or a page’s tab. It only contains text; tags within the element are ignored.

title>Grandma's Heavy Metal Festival Journaltitle> 

Content categories	Metadata content.
Permitted content	Text that is not inter-element whitespace.
Tag omission	Both opening and closing tags are required. Note that leaving off should cause the browser to ignore the rest of the page.
Permitted parents	A element that contains no other element.
Implicit ARIA role	No corresponding role
Permitted ARIA roles	No role permitted.
DOM interface	HTMLTitleElement

Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

Usage notes

The element is always used within a page’s block.

Page titles and SEO

The contents of a page title can have significant implications for search engine optimization (SEO). In general, a longer, descriptive title performs better than short or generic titles. The content of the title is one of the components used by search engine algorithms to decide the order in which to list pages in search results. Also, the title is the initial «hook» by which you grab the attention of readers glancing at the search results page.

A few guidelines and tips for composing good titles:

• Avoid one- or two-word titles. Use a descriptive phrase, or a term-definition pairing for glossary or reference-style pages.
• Search engines typically display about the first 55–60 characters of a page title. Text beyond that may be lost, so try not to have titles longer than that. If you must use a longer title, make sure the important parts come earlier and that nothing critical is in the part of the title that is likely to be dropped.
• Don’t use «keyword blobs.» If your title is just a list of words, algorithms often reduce your page’s position in the search results.
• Try to make sure your titles are as unique as possible within your own site. Duplicate—or near-duplicate—titles can contribute to inaccurate search results.

Examples

title>Awesome interesting stufftitle> 

This example establishes a page whose title (as displayed at the top of the window or in the window’s tab) as «Awesome interesting stuff».

Accessibility concerns

It is important to provide an accurate and concise title to describe the page’s purpose.

A common navigation technique for users of assistive technology is to read the page title and infer the content the page contains. This is because navigating into a page to determine its content can be a time-consuming and potentially confusing process. Titles should be unique to every page of a website, ideally surfacing the primary purpose of the page first, followed by the name of the website. Following this pattern will help ensure that the primary purpose of the page is announced by a screen reader first. This provides a far better experience than having to listen to the name of a website before the unique page title, for every page a user navigates to in the same website.

Examples

title>Menu - Blue House Chinese Food - FoodYum: Online takeout today!title> 

If a form submission contains errors and the submission re-renders the current page, the title can be used to help make users aware of any errors with their submission. For instance, update the page title value to reflect significant page state changes (such as form validation problems).

title> 2 errors - Your order - Sea Food Store - Food: Online takeout today! title> 

Note: Presently, dynamically updating a page’s title will not be automatically announced by screen readers. If you are going to update the page title to reflect significant changes to a page’s state, then the use of ARIA Live Regions may be necessary, as well.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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See also

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