Meta Tag Analyzer

Search snippets are built from a title element and a meta description. This checker presents those fields with lengths so you can see truncation risk. It does not download the page, so use it as a layout check and confirm the live tags in the page source.

A real snippet audit reads the title element and the meta description from the HTML. Here those lines are laid out so you can look at character counts. Confirm the live tags in the page source or with a fetch that actually retrieves the document.

Title is one of the values Meta Tag Analyzer puts on screen. The title element is the line a result can show as the link. The panel shows a sample title and a character count. Do not shorten your CMS title to match the sample’s length.

Read Description on its own before you mix it with the other rows. The meta description is the snippet text when a result uses it. The panel shows a sample description and a count. The live description may be missing or different.

Keywords answers a narrower question than the headline number. A keywords meta tag is rarely used for ranking. The panel can still show a keyword line. Do not add a keywords tag because the sample has one.

Treat Character count as a label with a specific job. Length hints at truncation in a snippet. The count is of the sample string. Count your own title in the meta generator or the character counter.

The Status line is worth a full stop. A short status sits beside a tag in this layout. The status describes the sample, not your page. A pass here is not a pass for the live head.

The URL stays in the browser. A character count next to a sample line is a count of that sample, not of your title.

If you remember one sequence from Meta Tag Analyzer, remember the fields in the order they change a decision. Title matters because The title element is the line a result can show as the link. In practice, The panel shows a sample title and a character count. The mistake to avoid is this: Do not shorten your CMS title to match the sample’s length. Description matters because The meta description is the snippet text when a result uses it. In practice, The panel shows a sample description and a count. The mistake to avoid is this: The live description may be missing or different. Keywords matters because A keywords meta tag is rarely used for ranking. In practice, The panel can still show a keyword line. The mistake to avoid is this: Do not add a keywords tag because the sample has one. Character count matters because Length hints at truncation in a snippet. In practice, The count is of the sample string. The mistake to avoid is this: Count your own title in the meta generator or the character counter. Status matters because A short status sits beside a tag in this layout. In practice, The status describes the sample, not your page. The mistake to avoid is this: A pass here is not a pass for the live head. After that, the checks are simple. You did not edit a CMS title from the sample. You did not add a keywords meta tag. You ignored the sample character counts for your own title. The pass status was not recorded as an audit. View source is the next step.

The worked example for Meta Tag Analyzer, read as one scene, is this. Type https://example.com/pricing. The panel shows title, description, and keyword lines with counts. Those lines were not parsed from example.com. Open the pricing page source and read the title element and the meta name description. Edit those, not the sample.

Final notes for Meta Tag Analyzer, written as decisions rather than as a table. When Title is in front of you, decide using this: The title element is the line a result can show as the link. Do not shorten your CMS title to match the sample’s length. When Description is in front of you, decide using this: The meta description is the snippet text when a result uses it. The live description may be missing or different. When Keywords is in front of you, decide using this: A keywords meta tag is rarely used for ranking. Do not add a keywords tag because the sample has one. When Character count is in front of you, decide using this: Length hints at truncation in a snippet. Count your own title in the meta generator or the character counter. When Status is in front of you, decide using this: A short status sits beside a tag in this layout. A pass here is not a pass for the live head. Then apply the checks without skipping one. You did not edit a CMS title from the sample. You did not add a keywords meta tag. You ignored the sample character counts for your own title. The pass status was not recorded as an audit. View source is the next step.

Keep Meta Tag Analyzer as this step only. When the job moves on, the Meta Title & Description Generator is the next page: The Meta Title & Description Generator writes the HTML for a page title, a meta description, robots directives, and Open Graph and Twitter tags. The SERP Snippet Preview covers a different piece of the same work: SERP Snippet Preview draws a desktop and a mobile search result from the title, description, and URL you type.