: Title Attributes and Accessibility I've been looking into accessibility recently and have read mixed articles regarding whether or not the title attributes should be included. It seems that there's

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I've been looking into accessibility recently and have read mixed articles regarding whether or not the title attributes should be included. It seems that there's a pretty good consensus that adding title attributes mean nothing for SEO but for screen readers and such I wasn't sure.

This is regarding the title attribute, not to be confused with the <title> tag, for example:

<a href="#" title="Some description">Link Title</a>


Doing a quick Google search on "Title Attribute and Accessibility" comes up with a list of conflicting articles on whether it's still a good practice or not. An ideal answer would be one that has links to back up their assertions to the following questions:

Should I still be using the title attribute? Is there ever a case where I should / shouldn't be including the title attribute on anything? Are there any negative effects if I leave the title attribute out?

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