IE doesn't accept changing title of the web page using jQuery

Question

I'm trying to change original title of the web page with another title using jQuery like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function(){
        var newTitle = "The New Title";
        $("title").text(newTitle);
    });
</script>

This snippet of code works pretty fine on Google Chrome and Firefox but doesn't work on IE8 (which I've tested on), So what's wrong?!

And another related question: if I used this way to change title of the web page, then which title of them (original or new) google and other search engines will use in their indexing process?

Ok, thank you. But what about the second part of the question? — Amr, Jun 24 '13 at 09:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '13 at 09:37

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Instead of using jquery, plain javascript will work in your case,

 document.title = "The New Title";

answered Jun 24 '13 at 09:37

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