SearchLaneMeta tag checker
Enter a page to see its Google snippet and every meta tag in its HTML — with the length, indexing and mobile problems that cost clicks.
| title | 54 characters |
| meta description | 188 characters, cut |
| viewport | Set |
| favicon | Missing |
Example result, not real data
What it shows
- Google previewYour title and description as a search result, cut where Google cuts them.
- Core tagsTitle, meta description, robots, canonical, viewport, charset, lang and favicon — present, single and the right length.
- Everything elseAll meta tags on the page and hreflang links, with checks for meta refresh and missing x-default.
How to use the Meta Tag Checker
- Paste a page addressStart with your home page and your most important landing pages.
- Read the preview and the red linesA cut title, a missing description or noindex are the fixes worth making first.
- Fix the template, not the pageMost meta problems repeat across a site. Fix them once in the template and run a full audit to check every page.
Why it matters
Meta tags are the part of your page that people see before they visit it. The title and description are your search result; robots and canonical decide whether that result exists at all.
They are also where small mistakes do the most damage: a noindex left from staging, a description copied to every page, or a title cut in half. None of it is visible on the page itself.
Guide
Questions
Which meta tags matter for SEO?
The title tag and meta description (they make your snippet), meta robots (it can keep a page out of Google), viewport (mobile) and canonical. Meta keywords has been ignored by Google for over a decade.
How long should a meta description be?
About 120–160 characters. Google cuts longer ones and sometimes writes its own when yours does not match the search.
Why does Google show a different title from my tag?
Google rewrites titles that are too long, stuffed with keywords or unlike the page. A short, accurate title that matches the H1 is rewritten far less.
Do meta tags matter for AI search?
AI search tools read the title and description to understand a page before quoting it, and they respect robots rules. Clear, accurate tags help both kinds of search.
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