Meta Tags Checker
Inspect the metadata that shapes search snippets and indexing decisions. This checker reviews title tags, descriptions, canonical tags, robots directives, and whether the page has the core foundations in place.
If you already reviewed your Open Graph tags, this is the next step in the same launch workflow.
Title and description
Checks the fields users see in search results.
Canonical URL
Looks for the page version you want indexed as primary.
Robots directives
Flags noindex or other crawl-related instructions.
Detected metadata
The detected title, description, canonical tag, and robots directive will appear here.
What are meta tags?
Meta tags are HTML elements in your document head that tell search engines what a page is about. The four that matter most at launch are the title tag, meta description, canonical tag, and robots meta tag. Missing or misconfigured versions of any of these can suppress your rankings before you even start generating traffic.
Why they matter for SEO
Title tags appear in search results and browser tabs — they are the primary signal search engines use to understand a page topic. Meta descriptions shape the snippet that determines whether someone clicks your result. Canonical tags prevent duplicate content from splitting your ranking signal across multiple URLs. A noindex tag left on a page from staging will silently remove it from search entirely.
How long should a title tag be?
Aim for 30–65 characters. Too short and it may underperform in search; too long and Google truncates it in results.
How long should a meta description be?
Between 70 and 165 characters is the practical range. This gives enough context to drive clicks without being cut off.
What is a canonical tag?
A rel='canonical' tag tells search engines which URL is the authoritative version of a page. It prevents duplicate content issues from trailing slashes, query parameters, or multiple domains.
What happens if I leave noindex on a page?
Search engines will not include that page in their index. Any existing ranking for that page will eventually be dropped. Always audit robots directives before launch.
Then verify discovery
Once the page-level metadata is clean, run the sitemap checker to confirm crawlers can discover the right URLs at the site level.
Open sitemap checker