📋 4 Required + 5 Recommended

Google reads: title, description, canonical, robots. Social reads: 4 OG tags + Twitter Card. 9 tags, 99% done.

🔧 Copy-Paste Template

<!-- Basics -->
<title>Article Title Under 60 Chars | Blog Name</title>
<meta name="description" content="Summary under 155 chars">
<link rel="canonical" href="https://yoursite.com/post">
<meta name="robots" content="index,follow">

<!-- Open Graph (Facebook, Slack, iMessage) -->
<meta property="og:type" content="article">
<meta property="og:title" content="Article Title">
<meta property="og:description" content="Under 155 chars">
<meta property="og:image" content="https://yoursite.com/og.png">
<meta property="og:url" content="https://yoursite.com/post">

<!-- Twitter Card -->
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">
<meta name="twitter:title" content="Article Title">
<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://yoursite.com/og.png">

📏 Length Guide

• title: 50-60 chars (mobile truncates)
• description: 150-160 chars (Google SERP limit)
• og:image: 1200×630 (required)

⚡ JSON-LD Structured Data

Required for rich snippets. Add Article schema to blog posts:

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context":"https://schema.org",
  "@type":"Article",
  "headline":"Title",
  "datePublished":"2026-05-15",
  "author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Name"}
}
</script>

🛠 Tools

• OG image: LinkedIn Post Image (1200×630)
• OG preview: OG Preview
• Tables: HTML Table Generator

💡 Verify: Google Search Console URL Inspection > Enhanced results. Refresh OG cache via Facebook Debugger.