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Guide

Check title and meta on the tab you have open

Open-Tab SEO starts with what Google shows in a snippet. Pagehand’s Meta tab measures length, shows a SERP-style preview, and surfaces canonical + robots — free, no URL paste.

Targets we use in Score

ElementSoft targetWhy it matters
Title~50–60 charactersTruncation and weak goldmine coherence if stuffed
Meta description~120–160 charactersCTR promise; keep aligned with H1
CanonicalPresent; matches preferred URLAvoid forwardingdup / soft duplicates
RobotsNo accidental noindexseenNoindex kills the URL

Steps

  1. Open the page → Audit.
  2. Open Meta. Read the SERP preview aloud — does it match the fold?
  3. If title ≠ H1 in meaning, fix one of them (Goldmine / NavBoost hygiene).
  4. Export the issue if canonical is missing.

Next: keyword density · Score rules: Pagehand Score.