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Re: Headings: requirements vs best practices

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From: Olaf Drümmer
Date: Jun 21, 2016 3:59PM

Speaking of "title" - what happened to the <title> tag? What's the expected/required relationship between a <title> tag and an <h1> at the beginning of a web page?

> On 21.06.2016, at 22:34, Chagnon | PubCom < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> 1. Since users often consider H1 the title of the webpage, it's a good practice to use it for your webpage titles. But not required.
> 2. Since users consider H1 the title of a page or a major section, it's a good practice to not overuse it, and having more than one on a page to title major sections is ok.

Olaf