Step 5.1 · Finish

Titles, descriptions and favicon

Give every page a unique title and description for search engines, and add your favicon.

You will work in
the <head> of every page
Learning outcome
Semantic HTML

Search engine optimization

SEO (search engine optimization) is making your site easy for search engines like Google to find, understand and show to the right people. Two tags in the <head> do much of the work:

Meta tags explained.
  1. Write a unique title and description for each page:

    PageTitleDescription (under 155 characters)
    index.htmlDe Stijl: HomeHow the Dutch De Stijl movement built a visual language from three primary colors.
    red.htmlDe Stijl: RedRed in De Stijl, from Rietveld's Red Blue Chair to Mondrian's grid paintings.
  2. Update the head of every page:

    site/red.html
    <title>De Stijl: Red</title>
    <meta name="description" content="Red in De Stijl, from Rietveld's Red Blue Chair to Mondrian's grid paintings.">
  3. Check your favicon. favicon.png (512 × 512 px, exported in step 1.3) should be in site. Every page already links it:

    HTML
    <link rel="icon" href="favicon.png" type="image/png">

    Browsers cache favicons. If yours doesn't appear, open the page in a private window.

  4. Save all files.

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