What is Title tag?
Also called: Meta title, Page title
The short answer
The title tag is the page title set in HTML that appears as the clickable headline in search results and in the browser tab.
Title tag, explained
Lead with what the page is about in plain words people search for; search engines may rewrite titles that are vague, stuffed or too long.
Questions people ask about Title tag
What is Title tag?
The title tag is the page title set in HTML that appears as the clickable headline in search results and in the browser tab.
Related terms
A meta description is a short summary of a page set in HTML that search engines may show under the title in results.
SERPA SERP is the page of results a search engine shows for a query, including links, ads, maps, videos, featured snippets and AI-generated answers.
SEOSEO is the practice of making a website easier for search engines to crawl, understand and rank, so it appears for the searches its audience actually makes.
KeywordA keyword is a word or phrase people type into a search engine; SEO matches pages to the keywords their audience uses.
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