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Is it considered bad to put the <title> tag outside the <head> tag? – SEO

Is it considered bad to put the <title> tag outside the <head> tag? I’m using PHP and I only know the page name after loading the header.php file where <head> is located. Would placing the <title> tag later in the page influence SEO or cause any other browser related problems or would you advice against it?

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    Yes the title tag should only be used in the head.

    So I’m guessing your header.php has a line like this:

    <title><?php echo $title ?></title>

    And on your pages you have an include('pathtofile/header.php');
    Just define $title before the include line.

    Example:

    $title = "This is my page title";
include("includes/header.php");

    Or if it isn’t structured like that you may want to change it up a bit.

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    The title is part of the metadata of the document, so yes, it would be semantically incorrect to put it outside the head:

    4.2.2 The title element

    Contexts in which this element can be used:
    In a head element containing no other title elements.

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