Is it better to use the same text in the <title> browser and in <H1>?

Question

It’s best to use what we want to use in <h1> . Should be the same in <title> ?

Is it good for SEO, accessibility, usability in any conditions?

 <title>How to decide What should be chosen to make heading bold &lt;strong&gt; or &lt;h3/h4/h5&gt;? - Stack Overflow</title> <h1>How to decide What should be chosen to make heading bold &lt;strong&gt; or &lt;h3/h4/h5&gt;?</h1> 

SO uses this thing.

But I do it and use it like this

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Is this normal or not good?

My question is related if we generate <title> dynamically, but we can decide what should be used.

Answer 1

In fact, I often use slightly different wording in <h1> and <title> to cover more search keywords. In addition, <title> must sometimes be optimized for convenient viewing of bookmarks and easy scanning of open browser tabs, and <h1> must be optimized for actual reading of the page.

Answer 2

You have only one title per HTML page, while you can have more than one h1 . Also, title is part of the head , so it has a more special role. In addition, from the user interface view, the title value usually appears in the title bar of the window (or tab). On the other hand, title may be more limited in the sense that you can not include a reference.

Based on this, I would say that it is not better to use the same value for h1 and title , if only you have only one h1 , which is your name ...

I am not an HTML guru, only my 2 cents.

Answer 3

In practice, many websites use one h1, which serves as the visible page title for users. It often makes sense to use the same text in the title tag. However, for SEO purposes, you may want to have a different keyword-targeted title tag.

It is believed that the title tag is very high as a factor in SEO ranking, and therefore a lot of thought should be made into it.

The CMS software that I created and offer to clients has an optional "SEO title" form field for pages and posts, so that the client has the opportunity to enter other text that will be displayed in the title tag. If not used, the default title is used for both the title tag and the main h1 page.

Answer 4

Do not think about formatting for a second and imagine that the document you are writing is a Word document; you have a page title and usually a title. This style you have to go. These best practices often turn out to be common people who seem to be good SEO writers who are often mistaken as solid facts from Google. I would say that at least 90% of what many would call a fact of SEO is completely wrong and may have worked five years ago, but it is no longer a ranking factor.

These are just indicators of what is at stake, and in the grand scheme nothing will change anything about your site on Google. People pay too much attention to getting these things right away when content has to speak for itself on any website dedicated to content.

Ultimately, you cannot play Google because they will always be two steps ahead, so do what makes sense to your users. Use the page title <h1> , but if the text also refers to <title> , then feel free to use it.

EDIT: Anyone want to say why I was blocked when everything I said was right? If you think this is not the case, prove it.

Answer 5

This is how I see it:

<title> is intended for viewing by page title in search engines and OS (taskbar, title bar, bookmarks).

<h1> is intended for the user to see the page title in the content.

I format mine like this:

 <title>Page Title: Website Name</title> <h1>Page Title</h1> 

Thus:

• Keywords are reinforced.
• The user sees the title on the page, in search engines and in the OS.
• The user sees on which website the page appeared.
• Limit "duplication" of capital letters in search engines. This is why the website name is at the end.

[EDIT]

After reading a few comments, I would like to note that I often put my tags in the “wrong” order in the code. To inform the search engine what is more important. I heard that it is "bad", but I can not check it.

If I have a website layout, for example:

Animals> Dogs> Breeds> Labrador Retriever

 <title>Labrador Retriever: The Animal Site</title> ... <h6>Dog Breeds</h6> ... <h1>Labrador Retriever</h1> 

I told the search engine that the page is about Labrador Retrievers, but that there is little value for the dog breed ... but it is still important.