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Re: Multiple H1 tags in an HTML5 web page

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From: Joe Chidzik
Date: Mar 11, 2014 3:48AM

> The HTML <TITLE> tag was a nice thought, but wasn't implemented well circa
> 1990 and still isn't today.
>
> From my experience, the only people who "see" it are those using screen readers
> because it's voiced to them automatically.

The <title> element is also used when any user bookmarks a webpage, as the default bookmark text. This is why it's useful to have not only the page title contained in the <title> element, but also the site title - it helps users when browsing through their bookmarks.

The <title> element is also used extensively by sighted users when using a tabbed browser; the title is what allows you to quickly switch between relevant tabs.

Joe