---
id: html-page-title
title: "HTML Page Title"
category: "Frontend"
status: "draft"
verification_status: "conceptual"
canonical_id: ""
aliases: ["title element", "page title", "browser title bar", "HTML SEO title", "document title"]
duplicate_of: ""
source_trust_level: "B"
confidence_score: 0.88
created_at: 2026-06-23
updated_at: 2026-06-23
review_reason: ""
merge_history: []
tags: ["html", "web", "frontend", "w3schools", "title", "seo"]
raw_sources: ["https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_page_title.asp"]
applied_in: []
github_commit: ""
---

# [[HTML Page Title]]

## 🎯 한 줄 통찰 (One-line insight)
Every web page should have a `<title>` element describing the meaning of the page; it appears in the browser title bar, in bookmarks, and in search engine results, and is very important for SEO. [S1]

## 🧠 핵심 개념 (Core concepts)
- **Purpose** — every web page should have a page title to describe the meaning of the page; the `<title>` element adds it. [S1]
- **A good title** — should describe the content and the meaning of the page. [S1]
- **SEO importance** — the page title is very important for search engine optimization (SEO); the text is used by search engine algorithms to decide the order when listing pages in search results. [S1]
- **Where it appears** — the `<title>` element defines a title in the browser toolbar, provides a title for the page when added to favorites, and displays a title for the page in search engine results. [S1]
- **Guidance** — try to make the title as accurate and meaningful as possible. [S1]

## 🧩 추출된 패턴 (Extracted patterns)
- **Title placement pattern** — `<title>…</title>` lives inside the `<head>` section. [S1]
- **Meaningful-title pattern** — describe the content and meaning of the page for users and search engines. [S1]

## 📖 세부 내용 (Details)
Every web page should have a page title to describe the meaning of the page. [S1]

**The title element** — the `<title>` element adds a title to your page, displayed in the browser's title bar. [S1]
```html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>HTML Tutorial</title>
</head>
<body>

The content of the document......

</body>
</html>
```

**What is a good title?**
The title should describe the content and the meaning of the page. The page title is very important for search engine optimization (SEO). The text is used by search engine algorithms to decide the order when listing pages in search results. The `<title>` element: [S1]
- Defines a title in the browser toolbar
- Provides a title for the page when it is added to favorites
- Displays a title for the page in search engine results

So, try to make the title as accurate and meaningful as possible. [S1]

**HTML title tag reference** [S1]

| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| `<title>` | Defines the title of the document |

## 🛠️ 적용 사례 (Applied in summary)
The complete HTML document with `<title>HTML Tutorial</title>` above is the canonical applied example from the source. No external project/commit applications found in the source.

## 💻 코드 패턴 (Code patterns)
Page title in head (HTML):
```html
<head>
  <title>HTML Tutorial</title>
</head>
```

## ⚖️ 모순 및 업데이트 (Contradictions & updates)
No contradictions found in the source.

## ✅ 검증 상태 및 신뢰도
- **상태:** draft
- **검증 단계:** conceptual (실제 적용 사례 발견 시 applied/validated로 승격 가능)
- **출처 신뢰도:** B (W3Schools — widely used educational reference, not a primary standards body)
- **신뢰 점수:** 0.88
- **중복 검사 결과:** 신규 생성 (New discovery)

## 🔗 지식 그래프 (Knowledge Graph)
- **상위/루트:** [[HTML Tutorial]]
- **관련 개념:** [[HTML Favicon]], [[HTML Head]], [[HTML Introduction]], [[HTML Links]]
- **참조 맥락:** Referenced when naming a page for the browser tab, bookmarks, and search engine results (SEO).

## 📚 출처 (Sources)
- [S1] W3Schools — HTML Page Title — https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_page_title.asp

## 📝 변경 이력 (Change history)
- 2026-06-23: Initial draft synthesized from the W3Schools "HTML Page Title" page (Astra wiki-curation, P-Reinforce v3.1 format).
