- Success Criterion 2.4.2
- Conformance level A
Identical Page Title Repeated Across an Entire Website
2.4.2 — Page Titled
Scenario
Setting
A professional networking site's profile editor
What’s wrong
Identical titles across the whole site ("Home" on every page).
Example
<title>Home</title>
<!-- identical on the profile editor and every other page -->Why it matters
A user editing their profile in one tab and browsing connections in another can't tell the tabs apart, both say "Home."
How to test
Open several pages on the site and compare their titles: identical titles across unrelated pages (e.g., 'Home' everywhere) fails.
How to fix
Give each page its own topic-specific title, reserving "Home" for the actual homepage.
<title>Edit Profile - ProConnect</title>Outcome
Switching between browser tabs, a user immediately recognizes the profile editor by its title.
Who is affected
Users managing multiple open tabs, especially those with cognitive disabilities, can't distinguish pages by title alone.
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