Check that pages have good titles

[Angelsaur]

Summary

You need to check your pages are titled properly. If they’re not, users will not understand what they’re for and will struggle to find what they need using search

Deadline

20/02/2021

What needs to be done?

Your page title should appear in the page tab at the top of your browser. For instance, if you go to the GOV.UK homepage you’ll see the text in the tab near the top of the browser is ‘Welcome to GOV.UK’. This is the page title.

Look at the equivalent text for your sample pages. You can hover over the tab to see the full text if it’s too long to fit on the tab itself.

Check whether your titles are descriptive. Ask yourself whether they clearly state - in simple language - what the pages are about and the tasks they’d help users complete.

For example, ‘Apply for a blue badge - Danbury Council’ is a much more descriptive title than just ‘Blue badges’.

Also check that none of the titles are duplicated: if 2 pages have the same title, how is the user supposed to know which one to use?

Who can help?

[GeorgiaHCA]

Thank you for this @Angelsaur. All pages are descriptive of their contents, but we will need to user test this.

[gedankenstuecke]

Made issue #369 to create an accessibility checklist that can be used for the MVP and going forward. Closing this along with other accessibility checklist items for now.