The HTML <head> Element
The <head> element is a container for metadata (data about data) and is placed between the <html> tag and the <body> tag.
HTML metadata is data about the HTML document. Metadata is not displayed.
Metadata typically define the document title, character set, styles, links, scripts, and other meta information.
The following tags describe metadata: <title>, <style>, <meta>, <link>, <script>, and <base>.
The HTML <title> Element
The <title> element defines the title of the document, and is required in all HTML/XHTML documents.
The <title> element:
- defines a title in the browser tab
- provides a title for the page when it is added to favorites
- displays a title for the page in search engine results
A simple HTML document:
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Page Title</title> </head> <body> <p>The content of the body element is displayed in the browser window.</p> <p>The content of the title element is displayed in the browser tab, in favorites and in search engine results.</p> </body> </html>
