From the course: Accessibility for Web Design
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The importance of page titles
From the course: Accessibility for Web Design
The importance of page titles
- Page titles are useful to everyone. They are visible in the browser's window title bar or the tab and are used by default when bookmarking a page. Titles are particularly important to people like Sean and Mary who can't see the screen well or at all. Why? The title of the page is the first thing announced by a screen reader when a page loads. It's an orientation cue that lets people know what the page is about and usually confirms that they're on the website or page they expect to be on. It's important that each page in a site have a unique title. It doesn't make sense to have every single page of the Green Thumb Lawncare site have a title of Green Thumb Lawncare. They need to distinguish one page from another. So we use Lawncare Package-Green Thumb Lawncare. Locations-Green Thumb Lawncare. Contact Us-Green Thumb Lawncare. When we are checking out to buy our new T-shirt from the Merch warehouse, we want…
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