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**Short answer:** Don't use them, except in special circumstances.
HTML `title` attributes are often perceived as an accessibility (and SEO) bonus, but the opposite is true. For screen reader users the content included inside of the `title` attribute is typically unncessary, redundant, and [possibly not even used](http://www.rnib.org.uk/professionals/webaccessibility/wacblog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?id=38). Conversely, content being put in the `title` attribute is being hidden from the (probable) majority of your users. If information is being hidden from the majority of your users, then it's probably not necessary.
HTML `title` attributes are often perceived as an accessibility (and SEO) bonus, but the opposite is true. For screen reader users the content included inside of the `title` attribute is typically unnecessary, redundant, and [possibly not even used](http://www.rnib.org.uk/professionals/webaccessibility/wacblog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?id=38). Conversely, content being put in the `title` attribute is being hidden from the (probable) majority of your users. If information is being hidden from the majority of your users, then it's probably not necessary.
There are a few times when using a `title` attribute is appropriate:
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### Further reading
- ["Using the HTML title attribute"](http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2013/01/using-the-html-title-attribute-updated/) by Steve Faulkner _(Jan 15th, 2013)_
- [RNIB Blog: TITLE attributes](http://www.rnib.org.uk/professionals/webaccessibility/wacblog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?id=38) _(May 16th, 2007)_
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- [RNIB Blog: TITLE attributes](http://www.rnib.org.uk/professionals/webaccessibility/wacblog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?id=38) _(May 16th, 2007)_
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Reference: firstcontributions/first-contributions!53318
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