Meta description checker: see the title and snippet Google shows
This meta description checker shows 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 6.8Sample shop · homepage · mobile Chrome · the same check you get for your own site
Search result preview
approximate: Google may rewrite the title or snippetExample Shop – Example Shop
Example Shop je vaša online trgovina za sve što vam treba: obuću, odjeću, dodatke i još mnogo toga po najboljim cijenama u Hrvatskoj, s brzom dostavom i jednostavnim povratom robe u roku od 30 dana.
Title 27 characters · description 198 characters. Text cut off here is likely cut off in Google too.
What we found
Show 10 passed checks
Fix these first
From the example above. Check your own site to get the fixes that apply to it.
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>.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.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.
Tags the meta tag checker reads
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 the meta description checker works
Read the head
We fetch your page and read the title, meta description, canonical, robots, viewport, language and favicon tags.
Add the social tags
The Open Graph and Twitter card basics are read too, so you see what a shared link will show.
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.
Meta title and description questions
How do I check the meta description of a page?
Enter the page address above. The checker shows the meta description with its length in characters, next to the title, canonical, robots and social tags, and flags one that is missing or over 160 characters. By hand, view the page source and search for name="description"; there should be exactly one such tag.
Does it check the viewport and language tags?
Yes. The viewport meta tag, which tells phones to use the device width instead of a zoomed-out desktop layout, and the html lang attribute, which names the page language for screen readers and translation, are read with the other head tags and flagged when missing. The favicon is checked too, since Google shows it next to your result in search.
What are meta tags?
Meta tags are lines in the HTML head that describe a page to browsers, search engines and social networks. The ones that matter today are the title, meta description, robots, viewport, canonical link and the Open Graph and Twitter tags for shared links. Visitors never see them on the page, which is why mistakes go unnoticed; this checker reads them all in one run.
How do I use meta tags for SEO?
Give every page a unique title of 30 to 60 characters with the topic first, and a description of 70 to 160 characters that says why to click. Keep one canonical tag pointing to the page's clean URL, never leave a stray noindex, and set the viewport and language. Most CMSs and SEO plugins expose these fields per page, and a change is live in minutes.
Are meta descriptions a ranking factor?
No. Google has said it does not use the meta description for ranking. It still matters, because it is often the snippet people read before deciding to click, and more clicks from the same position means more visits. Write it for the searcher rather than for keywords, keep it unique per page, and match what the page really offers.
Google rewrote my title. Why?
Google rewrites titles that are too long, too short, stuffed with keywords, identical across pages or unrelated to the page's content. A 30 to 60 character title that names the page's topic first is rewritten least. This checker flags titles that are missing, too long or too short, and titles that repeat the H1 word for word, which wastes a second phrasing.
Are meta keywords checked?
No. Google has ignored the meta keywords tag since 2009, so it neither helps nor hurts, and there is nothing to gain by filling it in. Spend the time on the title and meta description instead, which people actually read in the search results, and on the Open Graph tags that shape how shared links look.
Is this meta tag checker free?
Yes, with no sign-up. getReport is funded by donations, not plans, and the complete report with all seven modules is one click away, also free. It stays at its shareable link for 12 months, is not listed publicly and carries a noindex tag, and nothing about your visitors is collected.
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