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Meta tags:What do Google and social networks read in your page's head?

See the title, description, canonical, robots, viewport, language and social tags of any page, with their lengths and what Google will do with each one.

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Example result

example-shop.hr

WordPress 6.8

Sample shop · homepage · mobile Chrome · the same check you get for your own site

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SEO

10 passed · 0 failed · 5 warnings. Biggest issue: Canonical tag is missing.

What we found

0 failed5 warnings10 passed
Show 10 passed checks

Fix these first

From the example above. Check your own site to get the fixes that apply to it.

  1. Warning: Canonical tag is missing

    Without a canonical URL, search engines may index duplicate versions of this page (with and without trailing slash, with UTM parameters) and split its ranking signals.

    How to fix it: Add <link rel="canonical" href="http://example-shop.hr/"> in <head>.

  2. Warning: Title is 27 characters (aim for 30–60)

    Google truncates titles past about 60 characters and may rewrite very short ones, so your chosen wording does not reach searchers.

    How to fix it: Rewrite the title to 30–60 characters, main topic first, brand last.

  3. Warning: Meta description is 198 characters (max 160)

    Descriptions past about 160 characters are cut off mid-sentence in search results; under 70 they waste the space.

    How to fix it: Shorten the description to 70–160 characters and end it with a reason to click.

What this tool checks

The tags search engines and social networks read, checked for presence, length and consistency.

  • Page title

    Checks the page has a title, the headline Google shows in results and the text in the browser tab.

  • Title length

    Checks the title is 30 to 60 characters, so Google shows your wording instead of cutting or rewriting it.

  • Meta description

    Checks for the short summary shown under your result, so Google does not pick a random sentence instead.

  • Meta description length

    Checks the description is 70 to 160 characters, long enough to use the space and short enough not to be cut.

  • Title and H1 match

    Checks whether the title and main heading are identical, which wastes a chance to cover a second phrasing.

  • Canonical tag

    Tells search engines which address is the real one, so duplicates don't split rankings.

  • Canonical target

    Checks the canonical points to a live URL on your own site, so ranking signals are not given away.

  • Noindex directive

    Checks whether the page tells Google to leave it out of search results, which loses all search visits.

  • Viewport meta tag

    Checks phones display the page at their own width, which matters because Google ranks the mobile version.

  • Page language

    Checks the page declares its language for search engines, translation tools and screen readers.

  • Site favicon

    Checks for the small icon Google shows next to your listing and browsers show in tabs and bookmarks.

  • Apple touch icon

    Checks for the icon iPhones and iPads use when your site is added to the home screen or shared.

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  • Title and H1 match

    Checks whether the title and main heading are identical, which wastes a chance to cover a second phrasing.

  • Canonical tag

    Tells search engines which address is the real one, so duplicates don't split rankings.

  • Canonical target

    Checks the canonical points to a live URL on your own site, so ranking signals are not given away.

  • Noindex directive

    Checks whether the page tells Google to leave it out of search results, which loses all search visits.

  • Viewport meta tag

    Checks phones display the page at their own width, which matters because Google ranks the mobile version.

  • Page language

    Checks the page declares its language for search engines, translation tools and screen readers.

  • Site favicon

    Checks for the small icon Google shows next to your listing and browsers show in tabs and bookmarks.

  • Apple touch icon

    Checks for the icon iPhones and iPads use when your site is added to the home screen or shared.

  • Open Graph title

    Checks the headline shown when your link is shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack or WhatsApp.

  • Open Graph description

    Checks the short text under the headline of a shared link, so the card says what the page offers.

  • Open Graph image

    Checks for a share image, so links posted on social apps show a picture instead of plain text.

  • Twitter card type

    Checks for a valid twitter:card type, without which X shows a shared link as plain text.

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  • Open Graph title

    Checks the headline shown when your link is shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack or WhatsApp.

  • Open Graph description

    Checks the short text under the headline of a shared link, so the card says what the page offers.

  • Open Graph image

    Checks for a share image, so links posted on social apps show a picture instead of plain text.

  • Twitter card type

    Checks for a valid twitter:card type, without which X shows a shared link as plain text.

How it works

  1. Read the head

    We fetch your page and read the title, meta description, canonical, robots, viewport, language and favicon tags.

  2. Add the social tags

    The Open Graph and Twitter card basics are read too, so you see what a shared link will show.

  3. Check each tag

    Each tag is checked for presence, length and consistency, such as a title that repeats the H1 or a description over 160 characters.

The checker reads one page per run, and Google can still rewrite a title or description that passes every check.

Questions

Is this really free?

Yes. getReport is funded by donations, not plans. This tool runs the full report and shows you the part it is about; the complete report with all seven modules is one click away, also free.

Google rewrote my title. Why?

Google rewrites titles that are too long, too short, keyword-stuffed or identical across pages. A 30 to 60 character title that names the page's topic first is rewritten least.

Are meta keywords checked?

No. Google has ignored the meta keywords tag since 2009, so it neither helps nor hurts.

Can I run this on many sites?

You can check 10 sites every 10 minutes and 50 a day from one connection. For more at once, the bulk URL checker and the bulk PageSpeed checker take lists of URLs; a free API is in development. Cached reports never count against the limit.

Why do meta tags still matter?

The title and description are your ad in the search results; they decide whether people click. Canonical and robots tags decide whether the page is in the results at all. They are also the cheapest fix in SEO. Most CMSs expose them in a settings panel, and a change is live in minutes.

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