🔖 Meta Tags Analyzer

Audit the eight most important meta tags on any URL — title, description, keywords, robots, canonical, viewport, charset, and language. See exactly what search engines and browsers find when they parse the page.

What is the meta tags analyzer?

Meta tags are the HTML elements in the <head> that tell search engines and browsers how to interpret your page. Title and description directly affect how your page appears in search results. Robots controls indexing. Canonical resolves duplicate content. Viewport controls mobile rendering. Without these, search engines guess — and they often guess wrong.

How does this meta tags analyzer work?

Enter a URL. The tool fetches the page through a CORS-friendly proxy and parses the <head>. The eight key meta tags are displayed in a clean two-column table — what's set vs missing — so you can audit at a glance.

When should you use this tool?

Audit every page before launch, after a CMS migration, when investigating ranking issues, when troubleshooting mobile rendering, after rebranding, and as part of every quarterly SEO health check. Pair with Google Search Console URL Inspection to see how Google has actually parsed and stored the values.

Tips & best practices

Title 50–60 characters, description 140–160. Robots should default to 'index, follow' for indexable pages. Canonical should be present on every page (self-referencing if no duplicate). Viewport must include width=device-width for mobile. Charset should be UTF-8. Lang attribute on the <html> tag, not just meta, helps screen readers.

Frequently asked questions

Are meta keywords still useful?

Google has ignored meta keywords since 2009. They don't help and don't hurt — most modern sites omit them.

What if my title is too long?

Google truncates titles over ~60 characters in the SERP. Keep them concise and front-load the most important keyword.

Is canonical mandatory?

Strongly recommended on every page, even if there's no duplicate. Self-referencing canonicals prevent accidental duplicate-content issues from URL parameters.

Related tools

Explore more meta tags tools on the tool hub — or jump straight to the Meta Tag Generator.