title.too-short
Title is shorter than the configured minimum (default 30 characters).
What to change
Consider a more descriptive title that includes the page topic and, where sensible, the brand.
The documentation on developers.google.comA finding of this rule on a page carries the exact edits for that page: the markup it quotes, and what to write instead.
When it runs
Runs on every SEO audit: of a page, a crawl, a build directory or HTML. Info is a best practice: worth doing, rarely urgent, and --no-info leaves it out. Each finding takes 1 point off the page's score.
The severity here is the rule's usual one: a finding can be raised or lowered when the page gives a reason.
Run it, or skip it
Check a page for this rule alone, after a fix for instance:
npx @rivi-software/agentic-seo-check audit https://example.com --rule title.too-shortOr from an assistant, with the MCP tool seo_audit_page:
{
"url": "https://example.com",
"rules": [
"title.too-short"
]
}To leave it out of an audit, pass --disable title.too-short on the command, or disableRules: ["title.too-short"] to a tool.
More in Titles
All 5 rules- Error
title.missingThe page has no <title> element or it is empty. - Warning
title.multipleMore than one <title> element is present. - Warning
title.too-longTitle is longer than the configured maximum (default 60 characters) and will be truncated in search results. - Warning
title.genericTitle is a framework default or placeholder such as "React App", "Create Next App", "Home" or "Untitled".