SEO Metadata

PerfLeaf automatically extracts SEO metadata from every crawled page, including meta titles, descriptions, keywords, canonical URLs, robots directives, and social sharing tags (Open Graph and Twitter Card).

What’s collected

Core meta tags

Field	Description
Title	The <title> tag content
Description	The <meta name="description"> content
Keywords	Keywords from <meta name="keywords"> (parsed as an array)
Canonical	The canonical URL from <link rel="canonical">
Robots	The robots directive from <meta name="robots">

Open Graph tags

Social sharing metadata for Facebook, LinkedIn, and other platforms:

Field	Description
og:title	Open Graph title
og:description	Open Graph description
og:image	Open Graph image URL
og:url	Canonical URL for sharing
og:type	Content type (e.g., website, article)
og:site_name	Site name

Twitter Card tags

Twitter-specific sharing metadata:

Field	Description
twitter:card	Card type (e.g., summary_large_image)
twitter:title	Twitter card title
twitter:description	Twitter card description
twitter:image	Twitter card image URL
twitter:site	Twitter handle of the site

In the report

Page listings

On the Pages Analysed list, each page displays its meta title instead of the URL when available. The URL appears as a subtitle below the title. This makes it easier to identify pages at a glance.

Page details

Click on any page to view the full SEO Metadata section, which includes:

1. Core Meta Tags — Title, description, keywords, canonical URL, and robots directive with character count hints
2. Open Graph Preview — Visual preview card showing how the page will appear when shared on social platforms
3. Twitter Card Preview — Visual preview card showing Twitter card appearance

Visual indicators

The component uses colour-coded status indicators:

• Green — Good (title 30-60 chars, description 50-160 chars)
• Blue — Neutral (title/description outside optimal range)
• Yellow — Needs improvement (missing critical tags)

Storage

Metadata is stored in two ways in the Payload CMS:

1. Structured fields — seoMeta group in the ReportPages collection stores title, description, and ogImage for quick querying
2. Full JSON — Complete pageMeta object stored in rawData with all extracted tags

Best practices

Issue	Fix
Missing title	Add a descriptive <title> tag (30-60 characters)
Missing description	Add a <meta name="description"> tag (50-160 characters)
Missing canonical	Add <link rel="canonical"> to prevent duplicate content issues
Missing OG image	Add <meta property="og:image"> for social sharing previews
Missing Twitter card	Add <meta name="twitter:card"> for better Twitter sharing