Free SEO tool

Meta Tag Generator, Title, Description, Open Graph & Twitter Cards

Q: What's the ideal meta title length?

Aim for 50–60 characters. Google typically displays up to about 60 characters before truncating with an ellipsis, though the exact cutoff varies by pixel width, not character count.

Q: Does meta description affect Google rankings?

No, meta description is not a direct ranking factor. However, it strongly influences click-through rate from the search results page, which can indirectly affect performance over time.

Q: Do I need a canonical URL tag?

Yes, on every page. It tells search engines which URL is the authoritative version, which prevents duplicate content issues from URL parameters, trailing slashes, or HTTP/HTTPS variants.

Q: Why is my Facebook preview not updating after I change my OG tags?

Facebook caches Open Graph data aggressively. After updating your tags, use Facebook's Sharing Debugger tool to scrape your page again and refresh the cached preview.

Generate complete, optimised meta tags for any page. See exactly how it'll look on Google, Facebook, and Twitter before you publish, updates live as you type.

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Meta tag generator tool

Inputs

Page Title 0 / 60

Google typically shows 50–60 characters before truncating.

Meta Description 0 / 160

Ideal range: 120–160 characters.

Canonical URL

Open Graph

OG Title (optional override)

OG Description (optional override)

OG Image URL

OG Type

Twitter Card

Card Type

Twitter @handle

Live preview

Google SERP Preview

yourdomain.com › page

Your Page Title Will Appear Here

Your meta description will appear here, giving searchers a preview of your page content before they click through.

Facebook / Open Graph Preview

1200 × 630 OG IMAGE

YOURDOMAIN.COM

Your OG Title Will Appear Here

Your Open Graph description appears here.

Twitter Card Preview

TWITTER CARD IMAGE

Your Twitter card title

Your Twitter card description appears here.

yourdomain.com

YOUR META TAGS

How to use

Three steps. Thirty seconds.

STEP 01

Fill in your details

Enter your title, description, and image URLs on the left. The preview panel updates live as you type, no need to click anything yet.

STEP 02

Generate and copy

Click "Generate Meta Tags" to produce clean HTML. Copy it to your clipboard or download it as a standalone snippet file.

STEP 03

Paste into your <head>

Paste the generated tags into your page's <head> section, before the closing tag. Done.

The methodology

What each tag actually does.

Title tag

The single most important on-page SEO element. It's the clickable blue link in search results and the browser tab text. Google uses it heavily to understand what your page is about, keep it specific, front-load important keywords, and stay under 60 characters.

Meta description

Not a direct ranking factor, but it's your pitch to searchers deciding whether to click your result over a competitor's. Write it like ad copy, specific, benefit-led, and matched to what the searcher is actually looking for.

Canonical URL

Tells search engines which URL is the "real" one when the same content is accessible through multiple URLs, with or without a trailing slash, with URL parameters, or via HTTP vs HTTPS. Prevents duplicate content confusion and consolidates ranking signals.

Open Graph tags

A protocol originally built by Facebook, now used by most platforms (LinkedIn, Slack, WhatsApp, Discord) to render rich link previews. Without them, shared links show a bare URL with no image or context, a significant loss in social click-through.

Twitter Card

A separate specification just for X (Twitter). If you skip it, X falls back to your Open Graph tags, but setting it explicitly gives you control over exactly how your links appear there, including the large-image card format.

Robots meta

Controls how search engines crawl and index the page. Default is index, follow, change this only for pages you deliberately want hidden from search results (thank-you pages, internal search results, staging environments).

Quick reference

Ideal lengths, at a glance.

Tag	Ideal length	Hard limit
<title>	50–60 characters	~600px (varies by character width)
meta description	120–160 characters	~920px, truncates around 160
og:title	Under 60 characters	~88 characters before truncation
og:description	Under 160 characters	~200 characters on most platforms
og:image	1200 × 630px	Minimum 200 × 200px, 8MB max
twitter:title	Under 70 characters	Falls back to og:title if omitted

Does meta description affect Google rankings? No, it's not a direct ranking factor. But it strongly shapes click-through rate from the results page, and CTR is one of the signals Google's systems watch over time. Write for the human reading it, not the algorithm.

Common questions

About the meta tag generator.

What's the ideal meta title length?

Aim for 50–60 characters. Google typically displays up to about 60 characters before truncating with an ellipsis, though the exact cutoff varies by pixel width, not character count.

Does meta description affect Google rankings?

No, meta description is not a direct ranking factor. However, it strongly influences click-through rate from the search results page, which can indirectly affect performance over time.

What's the difference between Open Graph and Twitter Card tags?

Open Graph tags control how your page appears when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, and most other platforms. Twitter Card tags are a separate specification just for X (Twitter), if you don't set them, Twitter falls back to your Open Graph tags.

Do I need a canonical URL tag?

Yes, on every page. It tells search engines which URL is the authoritative version, which prevents duplicate content issues from URL parameters, trailing slashes, or HTTP/HTTPS variants.

Why isn't my Facebook preview updating after I change my OG tags?

Facebook caches Open Graph data aggressively. After updating your tags, use Facebook's Sharing Debugger tool to scrape your page again and refresh the cached preview.

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