Meta Tag Checker
Enter a page URL to retrieve its HTML head and review the metadata found in the server response.
Results will appear here after the check runs.
The server response may differ from a browser-rendered DOM when JavaScript changes metadata after load.
How to Use Meta Tag Checker
- Enter the exact absolute URL of the page to inspect.
- Run the check and review each detected tag, missing field, and returned value.
- Compare the result with the rendered DOM when JavaScript changes head content, then update the page template and retest.
What a Meta Tag Audit Covers
Metadata communicates page titles, summaries, crawl directives, viewport behavior, canonical preference, and social information. The exact set needed depends on the page, but important tags should be accurate, unique where appropriate, and consistent with visible content.
A missing value is not always an error, and a present value is not automatically effective. Search engines can rewrite titles or snippets, robots directives can conflict across HTML and headers, and client-side rendering can change what different fetchers observe.
Meta Tag Checker Example
A product page might return a unique title, a concise description, `robots` set to `index,follow`, a self-referencing canonical, and a responsive viewport declaration.
Frequently Asked Questions About Meta Tag Checker
Will Google always use the title and description found here?
No. Search engines can generate different title links or snippets based on the query, page content, and other signals.
Can robots directives appear outside a meta tag?
Yes. The X-Robots-Tag HTTP header can apply indexing directives, including to non-HTML resources.
Why might rendered metadata differ from this result?
JavaScript can add or modify head elements after the initial response. Compare source and rendered HTML for client-rendered sites.