Does Title Tag have to be in the HEAD tag?

[moziodavid]

We are using templates that load the same header for every page. I'd like to just include a different title tag in the "body" template of each page.

If I was to do this, does it affect SEO at all?

[IainReloadMedia]

Hi David,

In short, yes it does need to be in the head. Unfortunately it's the basic structure of an html page. No way round it, you'll have to customise the headers.

If you did put them in the body, search engines wouldn't recognise them, and they would generate their own title tags, which would make it difficult to target your chosen keywords.

Thanks

Iain - Reload Media

[Horizon]

Hi David,

Iain is correct that it must be in the head. No ifs or buts.

Can you tell me what language or programme you are using for your website? There are pretty easy ways of making the page title dynamic based on the article title.

Matt