The **`<title>`** element contains the document's title that is displayed in the browser tab. Any HTML document *must* contain a `<title>` element.

An HTML document can only contain a *single* `<title>` element. Only text is rendered within the `<title>` element.

The `<title>` element must always be used within the document's `<head>` element.

<h2>Titles and search engines</h2>

Search engine algorithms use the `<title>` element to decide the relevance of a document when listing pages for a search query. 

To ensure that your document reaches the right audience, you must ensure that the title of your page (contained within the `<title>` element) is as accurate and purposeful as possible.

You should use a descriptive phrase as your title instead of a short one or two-word title. However, search engines display about $55-60$ characters of the title, so you must ensure that the text within the `<title>` element does not exceed that range. You should also ensure that your title is as unique as possible, as duplicate titles often lead to inaccurate search results.

<h2>Attributes and events</h2>

The `<title>` element includes  only [global attributes](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes).

<h2>Example</h2>

The code below shows how the `<title>` element works in HTML:

<html>

 <head>
   <title>Learning about the title element with Eduactive</title>
 </head>

 <body>
   <p>Remember to ensure that your document only has one title element
      nested between the head tags.
   </p>
 </body>

</html>

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<h2>Explanation</h2>

The `<title>` element in line $4$ contains the text that serves as the document's title in browser tabs and search engines.

What is the <title> element in HTML?

The  element contains the document s title that is displayed in the browser tab. Any HTML document must contain a  element. An HTML document can only contain a single  element. Only text is rendered within the  element. The  element must always be used within the document s  element. Titles and search engines Search engine algorithms use the  element to decide the relevance of a document when listing pages for a search query. To ensure that your document reaches the right audience, you must ensure that the title of your page (contained within the  element) is as accurate and purposeful as possible. You should use a descriptive phrase as your title instead of a short one or two-word title. However, search engines display about 55−6055-6055−60 characters of the title, so you must ensure that the text within the  element does not exceed that range. You should also ensure that your title is as unique as possible, as duplicate titles often lead to inaccurate search results. Attributes and events The  element includes  only global attributes. Example The code below shows how the  element works in HTML: 