Why on sites like Stack Overflow, Techcrunch, Smashing Magazine, etc. are the page titles (i.e. the text at the top of the page) clickable URLs that redirect to the same page that the user is on?
Some examples:
I believe that this does not effect SEO as search engines ignore internal links.
Is it for usability purposes?
My own personal opinion is that if at all possible, the title should match the URL. The easiest way to do this is start out with matching the two when the page is written and you won't ever have a problem.
A title link is the title of a search result on Google Search and other properties (for example, Google News) that links to the web page.
A page title, also known as a title tag, is a short description of a webpage and appears at the top of a browser window and in SERPs.
Also known as a title tag, a page title is brief yet accurate description of your web page's content. If you view the page source, you'll see a title in the head section. It looks like this: <title>Example of a Main Page Title</title> Each page on your site must have a unique page title.
It allows you to right-click on it and choose Copy link location (or equivalent) so that you can easily paste it in an email for example. This requires less time than copying it from the location bar, and some people run their browser without a visible location bar to save previous screen space.
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