SEO & Marketing

Meta Tag Generator

Build title, description, canonical, robots, Open Graph and Twitter Card tags with a live search and social preview.

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How to use the Meta Tag Generator

  1. Enter the page title and meta description. The counters show how your text compares with the lengths search results usually display.
  2. Add the canonical URL, set robots directives if needed, then fill in Open Graph and Twitter/X card details for social sharing.
  3. Check the search result and social card previews, which update as you type.
  4. Copy the generated HTML, or download it, and paste it into the <head> of your page.

Good to know

  • Character counts are guidance, not rules: roughly 30–60 characters for titles and 70–160 for descriptions. Search engines measure display width in pixels and may rewrite titles and snippets.
  • Canonical, og:url and og:image values must be absolute http(s) URLs. Invalid fields are reported and left out of the output so the HTML never contains them.
  • All values are HTML-escaped (& < > " '), and line breaks inside values are collapsed to single spaces.
  • The preview never loads your og:image URL, so your browser does not contact the address you typed. Social platforms fetch the image themselves when the page is shared.
  • A robots meta tag with “index, follow” is the default behaviour; it is included so the setting is explicit and easy to change.

Examples

Search-friendly basics
Title: “Free Online Tools for Developers | Example Co”. Description: one or two sentences describing the page. Canonical: https://example.com/tools.
Keeping a page out of search
Set Indexing to noindex to emit: <meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow">. Combine with nofollow only if you also do not want links followed.
Escaping
A title like Tom & Jerry's "Best" Tips is output as Tom &amp; Jerry&#39;s &quot;Best&quot; Tips so it cannot break the markup.

Frequently asked questions

Does a meta description improve rankings?

Search engines do not use it as a direct ranking signal, but it often becomes the snippet people read, so a clear description can improve how many people click.

What is the difference between a canonical URL and og:url?

The canonical URL tells search engines which address is the preferred version of the page. og:url tells social platforms which address to attribute shares to. They are normally the same, which is why og:url defaults to the canonical.

Do I need Twitter card tags if I have Open Graph tags?

Twitter/X falls back to Open Graph for title, description and image, but the twitter:card tag selects the card layout, so add it if you want the large-image style.

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