What is the ideal title tag length for SEO?

There is no guaranteed character limit for Google title links. Display can vary with device width, and Google may build the title from other page signals. Use the count as an editing aid and keep the title accurate and useful.

What is the recommended meta description length?

Google has no fixed meta description length limit. Snippets are truncated as needed and may be generated from page content instead of your description. Put the clearest summary first.

What are Open Graph tags and why do I need them?

Open Graph (OG) tags control how your page appears when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and other platforms. Without OG tags, these platforms guess what image and text to show, often producing ugly or misleading link previews that reduce clicks.

Do I need both Open Graph and X Card tags?

Open Graph tags are widely used for link previews. X may use its card tags or fall back to Open Graph data. Generate the fields your publishing platform needs and verify the result there.

What is a canonical URL and should I include it?

A canonical link is a signal about the preferred URL for equivalent or duplicate pages. Use the URL that should represent the page, and check it against redirects, internal links, and sitemap entries.

Does importing a URL send my metadata to SlapMyWeb?

When you import a URL, SlapMyWeb’s existing fetch service retrieves the page so its tags can be prefilled. Without URL import, editing and generating tags happens in your browser. Do not submit credentials or secrets.

Meta Tag Generator — Import & Preview

Start from a live page

Fetch existing metadata, then edit it below. You can also enter everything manually.

Edit page tags

Edits update the preview and generated HTML immediately.

Page title0 characters

Meta description0 characters

Canonical URL

OG image (1200×630)

Site name

Twitter @ handle

Preview and generated tags

Search preview is an estimate; search engines may choose different text.

Generated HTML

<head>


<!-- Open Graph / Facebook -->
<meta property="og:type" content="website">

<!-- Twitter -->
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">

Character counts are editing aids, not Google limits. Google can rewrite title links and snippets based on the page and search.

What this tool does

Import tags from a URL
Edit title and description
Preview social metadata
Copy generated HTML

The short version

What is Meta Tag Generator?

A meta tag generator creates editable HTML metadata for a web page.

SlapMyWeb lets you import existing tags from a URL or enter them manually, preview an approximate search result, and copy title, description, canonical, Open Graph and X Card tags. Search engines may generate different title links and snippets, so treat character counts and previews as guidance rather than guarantees.

Meta Tag Generator showing a worked example — Import metadata from a URL or edit SEO and social tags, preview them, and copy the generated HTML. — Meta Tag Generator with the built-in example loaded. Free, no sign-up, and the result appears as you type.

Step by step

How to use Meta Tag Generator

1
Import or enter page details
Fetch an existing page to prefill available tags, or enter a title, description, canonical URL, social image, site name, and X handle manually.
2
Review the preview and generated HTML
The search preview is an estimate. Check each generated tag against the page content and preferred canonical URL before copying.
3
Copy and paste into your site
Click the Copy button to copy the complete HTML meta tag block to your clipboard. Paste it inside your page's <head> section, or use it in your CMS meta tag fields.

What's inside

Everything this tool
does for you

Import existing metadata from a URL using the guarded page-fetch service
Live character counts as editing aids, not fixed search-engine limits
Complete Open Graph tag generation for Facebook, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp sharing
Twitter Card meta tags with large image support and @handle attribution
Canonical URL tag to prevent duplicate content issues in search engines
HTML entity escaping to prevent XSS and ensure valid markup output
Manual editing and tag generation run in your browser; URL import uses the existing page-fetch service

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