Meta Tag Generator
Generate title, description, keywords, and canonical meta tags with live length counters.
The title tag and meta description are among the highest-leverage pieces of on-page SEO, since they're what actually appears as the clickable headline and preview snippet in search results — get them wrong and even a perfectly optimized page can get skipped over in favor of a competitor's cleaner-looking listing. Both also have practical length limits: search engines truncate titles beyond roughly 60 characters and descriptions beyond roughly 160, cutting off with an ellipsis mid-sentence if you go over.
This generator produces ready-to-paste HTML for your title tag, meta description, optional keywords tag, and canonical link, with live character counters against the commonly cited safe limits so you can see exactly when you're at risk of truncation before publishing. The output is plain HTML you can paste directly into your page's <head>, or use as a reference for setting metadata through a CMS or framework's metadata API.
How to use Meta Tag Generator
- 1
Enter your title and description
Write your page title and meta description, watching the character counters.
- 2
Add keywords and canonical URL
Optionally add comma-separated keywords and your page's canonical URL.
- 3
Copy the generated HTML
Paste the output directly into your page's <head> section.
Features
- Live character counters against common truncation limits
- Generates title, description, keywords, and canonical tags together
- One-click copy of ready-to-paste HTML
- No account or backend required
Frequently asked questions
Common mistakes to avoid
- Writing a meta description that reads as a duplicate of the title tag, wasting an opportunity to add distinct, compelling detail.
- Stuffing keywords unnaturally into the title, which search engines may treat as low-quality or spammy.
- Forgetting to set a canonical URL on pages with multiple accessible paths, risking duplicate content issues.
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