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How to write a good page title

SEO1 min readFixes 3 checks title-present, title-length, duplicate-title-vs-h1

The title is the headline Google shows and the text in the browser tab. Keep it 30–60 characters, topic first, brand last, and different from the H1.

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  • The page has a <title>fail · −10 ptseffort S
  • Title length: passeswarning · −1.5 ptseffort S
  • Title and H1 are differentwarning · −0.5 ptseffort S

1. The page has no <title>

Why it matters. The title is the headline Google shows in results and the text in the browser tab. Without it, the page is hard to find and hard to recognise.

How to fix it.
  1. Add a <title> inside <head> that describes this page in 30–60 characters.
  2. In WordPress, set it under the page's SEO panel (Yoast, Rank Math) or the page title.

In a report the technical detail reads: Detected 0 <title> elements in the rendered document.

2. Title length

Why it matters. Google truncates titles past about 60 characters and may rewrite very short ones, so your chosen wording does not reach searchers.

How to fix it.
  1. Rewrite the title to 30–60 characters, main topic first, brand last.
  2. Keep the most specific words at the start; they survive truncation.

3. Title and H1 are identical

Why it matters. The title competes in search results; the H1 greets visitors already on the page. Using the same words for both wastes the chance to cover a second phrasing searchers use.

How to fix it.
  1. Keep the H1 as the on-page headline and rewrite the title for search, for example adding the key benefit or the brand.

Filed under Technical SEO. Copy is generated from the same catalogue that scores every report, so what you read here is what the report says.