Meta tags and canonical checker for AI search

Titles and descriptions label your page in every index AI search engines pull from. Canonicals decide which URL gets the credit. This checker tests all three, plus your Open Graph tags.

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5 checks · 5% of the Slurp Score · Updated July 2026

Why meta tags and canonicals matter for AI search

Your title is the primary label for your page wherever it is indexed. The description hands engines a ready-made summary, and Open Graph adds a second one that several crawlers parse. These are cheap to get right and expensive to get wrong.

The canonical deserves the most attention. It names the one true URL for a piece of content, and engines consolidate signals to whatever it points at. Great content with a canonical pointing elsewhere earns citations for that other URL instead of yours. GetSlurp verifies yours exists, parses, and points at the page itself.

Studies and sources: Google: title links and snippets · Google: URL canonicalization

What GetSlurp checks

  • Title A descriptive label of roughly 15 to 70 characters.
  • Meta description A ready-made summary engines can reuse.
  • Canonical Whether it exists, parses and points at this page.
  • Open Graph og:title, og:description and og:image for the second summary.
  • URL clarity Short readable paths without tracking parameters.

Every check in this category

This list comes straight from the audit engine, so it always matches what the extension and MCP server actually run.

meta.titleGraded

The title is the page's primary label in every index AI search engines retrieve from.

Fix: Write a descriptive title of roughly 15-70 characters.

meta.descriptionGraded

The description is a machine-readable page summary that retrieval systems and snippet builders use.

Fix: Add a meta description of roughly 50-170 characters summarizing the page.

meta.canonicalGraded

A wrong canonical silently redirects all citation credit to a different URL; it is a real citation-loss mechanism.

Fix: Set a self-referencing canonical on each indexable page.

meta.social-cardsGraded

Open Graph fields are a second machine-readable summary that several AI crawlers parse alongside the title.

Fix: Add og:title, og:description and og:image.

meta.url-clarityGraded

Readable, shallow URLs are cited more reliably than parameter soup.

Fix: Use short word-based paths (2-4 segments) without session or tracking parameters.

Meta tags and canonical checker for AI search: frequently asked questions

Do meta tags matter for AI search?

Yes. Titles and descriptions still label your page in the indexes AI search engines pull from, and Open Graph adds a ready-made summary. They are cheap to get right and costly to get wrong.

What does a wrong canonical do to AI visibility?

It hands your credit away. The canonical names the one true URL for a page, and engines consolidate signals to it. Great content with a canonical pointing elsewhere earns citations for that other URL instead of yours.

How do I check my canonical tag?

Confirm it exists, parses, and points at the page itself unless you are deliberately consolidating duplicates. GetSlurp verifies all three and flags a canonical that points somewhere unexpected.

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