Titles
The HTML title tag is simultaneously the most important on-page SEO element and one of the most frequently mishandled. It appears in three places that matter: the clickable headline in search results, the browser tab label, and the anchor text of bookmarks. Search engines use it as a primary signal of page topic, which means a missing, duplicated, or truncated title directly affects both ranking potential and click-through rate. These eight checks audit every aspect of title tag health — from basic presence through precise pixel-width rendering.
No <title> element found — the single most important on-page SEO element is absent.
More than one <title> element — browsers use the first; engines may ignore both.
Same title on multiple pages — engines struggle to differentiate them by topic.
Title found outside <head> — search engine parsers may not recognize it.
Character count exceeds 60 — likely to be truncated in search results.
Title is fewer than 30 characters — often too generic; engines frequently rewrite it.
Pixel-rendered width under 200px — effectively no title; engines will rewrite it.
Pixel-rendered width exceeds 561px — truncated in desktop search results.
Audit every title tagacross your entire site
Run a full technical audit and get every title tag issue flagged, scored, and explained — with the affected URLs listed.