A page can look fine in a browser and still carry a stray noindex, a missing canonical or an empty social image in its head. You cannot see any of that without reading the source. Kwebby's Meta Tags Analyzer reads it for you: enter a URL, click Analyze and get the title, description, canonical, robots rule, charset and every named, Open Graph and Twitter Card tag in tidy tables. This page explains what the tool shows, what it leaves for you to judge and how to use it in an audit.
Key Takeaways
- Kwebby's Meta Tags Analyzer takes one URL and lists the page's title, meta description, canonical link, robots tag, charset, named meta tags, Open Graph tags and Twitter Card tags.
- The only automatic check is the title: it is flagged Too long above 60 characters, Too short under 30 and Good length in between. The description row shows a character count. Everything else is shown as raw values for you to judge.
- Google sets no hard length for titles or descriptions. It may rewrite a title and it truncates snippets to fit the device width, so treat the 30 to 60 range as a working guide.
- The robots row matters most. A noindex there keeps a page out of search results, but only if Google can crawl the page to read it.
- The tool reports tags that exist. It does not compare pages, score them or suggest fixes.
- It is free and needs no account.
What Is the Kwebby Meta Tags Analyzer?
Kwebby's Meta Tags Analyzer is a free web tool that fetches a page and lists its meta tags. It pulls out the title, the canonical URL, the robots meta tag and every other tag named in the page head, plus all Open Graph and Twitter Card properties. Use it to check a page you just published, to review an old page or to see how a competitor sets up its head.
You do not need an account. Type a URL, click Analyze and read the result.
Key Features and How It Works
The tool has one input and one results screen, and each part is easy to scan.
URL Input
The box shows https://example.com as a hint. Type or paste the address of the page you want to check, then click Analyze or press Enter. The button reads Analyzing while the page loads. In our test, an address typed without https also worked.
Title, Canonical and Robots
The top panel shows five rows. Title gives the page title with a verdict: Too long above 60 characters, Too short below 30, or Good length. Description shows the meta description with its character count. Canonical shows the page's canonical link. Robots shows the robots meta tag, or Not set (defaults to index, follow). Charset shows the declared character encoding. Any other row with no value reads Not set. If the URL redirects, a line above the rows names the final address the tool read.
Meta Tags Table
The Meta Tags table lists the other named tags, with the tag name on the left and its content on the right. This is where you find the description and the viewport, plus any extras your platform adds, such as generator or referrer. Tags with empty values are left out.
Open Graph Tags Table
The Open Graph table lists every Open Graph property it finds, such as title, description, url, site_name, image, type, and image properties like width, height and alt. Check that the image is a full URL and that the title and description read well when shared.
Twitter Card Tags Table
The Twitter Card table lists card, site, title, description and image. If this table is empty, platforms that read Twitter tags may fall back to your Open Graph values. Kwebby's tables do not tell you which, so test a shared link where it matters.
Errors and Limits
The tool shows a message instead of a table when it cannot read the page. A missing page returns Server returned HTTP 404. A local address is refused with Hostname is not allowed, and a malformed address returns Invalid URL format.
The tool checks one URL at a time. It does not score tags, show a search result preview or social card preview, or suggest fixes. It reads the HTML the server returns and does not run JavaScript, so tags that scripts add after load do not appear.
Why Meta Tags Matter
Meta tags decide how a page is described, indexed and previewed. Google's robots meta tag documentation says that when no robots tag is present, the default is all, meaning no restrictions on indexing or serving. A tag containing noindex asks Google not to show the page in results, and a mistake there can remove a page from search.
The same documentation adds an important condition. Google can read these rules only when it is allowed to crawl the page. If robots.txt blocks the page, the noindex is never seen. That makes the Robots row the first thing to check on any page that is missing from results.
Titles and descriptions shape how the result looks. Google's title link guidance asks for a descriptive, concise title that is unique for each page, and notes that Google may rewrite titles it finds inaccurate. Its snippet guidance says the meta description is sometimes used when it describes the page better than the page text, with no length limit and truncation to fit the device width.
For sharing, the Open Graph protocol names four required properties: og:title, og:type, og:image and og:url. It lists og:description, og:site_name and image properties such as og:image:alt as optional. If one of the four is missing in the Open Graph table, add it.
How to Use the Meta Tags Analyzer
Run a page through the tool, read the top panel first and then work down the tables. The steps below match the labels on the page.
- Open the tool. Go to the Meta Tags Analyzer page and find the URL box.
- Enter the page address. Type the full URL, for example https://example.com/your-page.
- Click Analyze. You can also press Enter. Wait for the button to change back from Analyzing.
- Read the top panel. Check the title verdict, then confirm that Canonical matches the address you entered and that Robots is Not set or lists the rule you intended.
- Scan the Meta Tags table. Look for the description and the viewport. Read the description against your page.
- Check the Open Graph table. Confirm that title, type, image and url are present.
- Check the Twitter Card table. Look for card, title, description and image.
- Fix and recheck. Build corrected tags with the Meta Tag Generator, update the page and analyze it again.
Best Practices for Meta Tag Audits
The tool shows values. Your checks turn them into a to-do list.
Check Robots and Canonical First
A stray noindex and a wrong canonical cost the most. On each key page, confirm that Robots is not set to noindex and that Canonical points to the address you want indexed. Google calls a canonical link a strong signal and recommends absolute URLs and a self-referential canonical on the canonical page.
Judge the Title by Reading It
The 30 to 60 verdict is a quick screen. A 52-character title that says nothing useful is worse than a 64-character one that does. Read it as a searcher would, and check that it differs from the titles on other pages.
Count the Description Yourself
The tool shows the description but does not flag its length. Paste it into a counter or into the Meta Tag Generator, which shows a count out of 160. A range of 120 to 160 characters is a sound target, though Google sets no limit and may use page text instead.
Look for Gaps in Social Tags
Pages shared on social networks need an image, a title and a description. If the Open Graph table is empty, fix that before you promote the page.
Compare With Competitors
Analyze the pages that outrank yours. You will see how they write titles and descriptions and which social tags they set. Copy the approach, not the wording.
Common Mistakes
- Trusting a Good length verdict on its own. It measures characters, not quality.
- Assuming no Twitter tags means a broken preview. Open Graph values may be used instead. Test a real share.
- Fixing a page and not rechecking. Caches and templates can change what is live.
- Putting noindex on a page that robots.txt blocks. Google never reads the tag.
Common Use Cases
- Site owners check a page after publishing.
- SEO teams audit titles, canonicals and robots tags across key pages.
- Developers confirm that a template outputs the head tags they expect.
- Marketers review a landing page's social tags before a campaign.
Related Kwebby Tools
The Meta Tags Analyzer is part of Kwebby's SEO Tools hub. Pair it with these tools:
- Meta Tag Generator builds corrected title, description, robots, canonical, Open Graph and Twitter tags.
- Open Graph Checker focuses on a page's social sharing data.
- Schema Markup Generator writes JSON-LD, which sits beside the meta tags in your head.
- Robots.txt Generator builds the crawl rules that decide whether a robots tag can be read.
- Get Source Code of Webpage shows the full HTML if you need to see tags the analyzer does not list.
- Website Reviewer takes a wider look at a site.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is a meta tags analyzer?
A meta tags analyzer is a tool that fetches a web page and lists the tags in its head, such as the title, description, canonical, robots rule and social sharing tags. It helps you find missing, empty or wrong tags without reading the page source yourself.
What does the Kwebby Meta Tags Analyzer show?
It shows the page title with a length verdict, the meta description with a character count, the canonical URL, the robots tag and the charset, then three tables: named meta tags, Open Graph tags and Twitter Card tags. A row with no value reads Not set, and a table with no tags is left out.
Does the tool score my tags or suggest fixes?
No. The only automatic check is the title length verdict. It does not score the description, check duplicates across pages or recommend changes. Review the values yourself, and use the Meta Tag Generator to write replacements.
How long should a title tag be?
Kwebby's tool treats 30 to 60 characters as a good length. Google gives no fixed limit. It recommends descriptive, concise, unique titles and may rewrite a title that does not match the page. Put the main topic first so a shortened title still makes sense.
Does the meta description affect rankings?
Google describes the meta description as a possible source for the snippet shown in results, not as a ranking setting. A clear description can still earn more clicks, which is a good reason to write one for every page.
Is the Kwebby Meta Tags Analyzer free?
Yes. The tool is free and needs no account.
Final Thoughts
Pick your five most important pages and run each through the Meta Tags Analyzer. For each one, confirm the canonical and robots rows first, then read the title and description as a searcher would, then check the social tables. Fix what you find with the Meta Tag Generator and analyze the pages again once the changes are live.