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metadata · metadata.title.tooShort

Title tag is too short

A <title> under ~50 characters wastes SERP real estate and rarely captures the keywords people actually search.

Why it matters

Very short titles waste valuable SERP real estate and rarely capture intent-bearing keywords.

Example fix

<title>Example Domain — [Add descriptive modifier] | YourBrand</title>

Authoritative reference

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/title-link

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