The <TITLE> element appears only in the <HEAD>
section of an HTML document. It is used to provide a title for an HTML document
which is usually displayed in a browsers title bar and used in a brower's history
list to indicate where the user has been (and easily return). The TITLE may also
be accessed by search robots when building entries for a web search database.
Title length, though virtually unlimited, should be kept below 64 characters to fit in a browser's title bar. Make titles descriptive or they will be of little use in a history list or bookmark, and the user may never return!
Examples of good titles:
<TITLE> HTML Style Guide </TITLE>
<TITLE> JavaScript: A Tutorial </TITLE>
<TITLE> 59 Ways to Tie Your Shoes </TITLE>
<TITLE> NHL: A History </TITLE>
Examples of poor titles:
<TITLE> Introduction </TITLE>
<TITLE> Sample </TITLE>
<TITLE> Vannevar Bush </TITLE>
<TITLE> Transcript of the first session of the First International
World Wide Web Conference at the European Center for
Particle Physics (CERN), Geneva, May 25, 1994
</TITLE>
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