Writing Informative Page Titles for Accessibility
Writing Informative Page Titles for Accessibility records accessibility-focused writing guidance from the named standards body while keeping implementation and wording advice separate from unrelated general style rules.
Give each page a short, descriptive, unique title and put the most relevant distinguishing information early.
Key details
Important caveats
Scope Boundary
This page concerns document/page titles for accessibility, not headline capitalization or SEO title experimentation.
Further guidance
Content
Give each page a short, descriptive, unique title and put the most relevant distinguishing information early.
Purpose
W3C WAI recommends informative, unique page titles that describe content and distinguish one page from another.
Sources and evidence
Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.
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