Page titles are unique and reflect the purpose of the page
Implementation Notes
Provide page titles that describes the purpose of the page
Providing clear and informative page titles help people understand if the content on the page is relevant to them. Descriptive page titles help everyone find content on your website and understand where they are within the website hierarchy.
Best practice is to have the page purpose followed by the name of the application/site
Page name - Application/site name
Testing Notes
Page titles are unique and useful
Web pages have titles that describe topic or purpose
Steps to check
- Check results from automated tool
- Alternatively, check content of the
<title>element in the<head>of pages across the website using Developer Tools inspection - Ensure the content of the
<title>accurately reflects the purpose of the page. - Advisory: include the overall website name to give added confidence to users
Impact range: Medium
Test type: Automated to check for unique page titles, manual to check for usefulness
Tool:
- ARC Toolkit (Page Info)
- SortSite or Tenon.io (to check results from bulk checks)
WCAG Reference: Understanding Success Criterion 2.4.2 Page Titles