Metadata quality
Metadata quality checks the title and description your page offers to search results, and the author, date and social preview information it declares. The title and description are often the first words of your page a searcher or an assistant sees.
At a glance
- Ladder layer
- P2 Content foundations
What almost works already? - Where it is measured
- Free check
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Reading the result
What good looks like, and what a problem looks like.
Good
A clear title and description of usable length, plus a declared author, dates and social preview.
Not measured
When this cannot be checked, the result says so and leaves it out of the score. Unknown is not zero.
Typical problems
- The page has no title.
- The page has no description.
- Social preview information is incomplete.
What it cannot prove
- Search engines may rewrite titles and snippets. The check reads what your page declares, not what a result shows.
Sources and further reading
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