Verification

This guide will help you verify your Thulite SEO configuration.

Inspect generated HTML

View page source in your browser and confirm that key SEO tags are generated.

Check for:

<title> and <meta name="description">
<link rel="canonical">
Open Graph tags (for example, og:title, og:description, og:image)
Twitter tags (for example, twitter:card, twitter:title)
Structured data (<script type="application/ld+json">)

Example (excerpt)

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en" data-bs-theme="auto">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <link rel="preload" as="font" href="https://seo.thulite.io/fonts/geist/files/geist-latin-wght-normal.woff2" type="font/woff2" crossorigin>
    <link rel="preload" as="font" href="https://seo.thulite.io/fonts/geist-mono/files/geist-mono-latin-wght-normal.woff2" type="font/woff2" crossorigin>
    <script src="/js/color-mode.7d9843fe8d06b487f08000f3dfc783b2c283d303e738a3e80bd25a903243b9aa.js" integrity="sha256-fZhD/o0GtIfwgADz38eDssKD0wPnOKPoC9JakDJDuao="></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/main.aa407ff5ae00292785649ab4eabc8231499a06171e4833459f0a67c3667404bbea6fcc40e14250fc3eefaa03bd9efd371a90716e85e98e86a1863ac7559f7160.css" integrity="sha512-qkB/9a4AKSeFZJq06ryCMUmaBhceSDNFnwpnw2Z0BLvqb8xA4UJQ/D7vqgO9nv03GpBxboXpjoahhjrHVZ9xYA==" crossorigin="anonymous">
    <noscript><style>img.lazyload { display: none; }</style></noscript>
    <base href="https://seo.thulite.io/docs/basics/canonical/">
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://seo.thulite.io/docs/basics/canonical/">
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/markdown" href="https://seo.thulite.io/docs/basics/canonical/index.md" title="Canonical | Thulite SEO">
    <title>Canonical — Thulite SEO</title>
    <meta name="description" content="The rel HTML attribute defines the relationship between a linked resource and the current document. A canonical value defines the preferred URL for the current document, which helps search engines reduce duplicate content.">
    <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" sizes="32x32">
    <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml">
    <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png" sizes="180x180" type="image/png">
    <link rel="icon" href="/favicon-192x192.png" sizes="192x192" type="image/png">
    <link rel="icon" href="/favicon-512x512.png" sizes="512x512" type="image/png">
    <link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.webmanifest">
    <meta property="og:url" content="https://seo.thulite.io/docs/basics/canonical/">
    <meta property="og:site_name" content="Thulite SEO">
    <meta property="og:title" content="Canonical">
    <meta property="og:description" content="The rel HTML attribute defines the relationship between a linked resource and the current document. A canonical value defines the preferred URL for the current document, which helps search engines reduce duplicate content.">
    <meta property="og:locale" content="en">
    <meta property="og:type" content="article">
    <meta property="article:section" content="docs">
    <meta property="article:published_time" content="2024-03-13T17:44:10+01:00">
    <meta property="article:modified_time" content="2024-08-15T11:55:28+02:00">
    <meta property="og:image" content="https://seo.thulite.io/cover.png">
    <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">
    <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://seo.thulite.io/cover.png">
    <meta name="twitter:title" content="Canonical">
    <meta name="twitter:description" content="The rel HTML attribute defines the relationship between a linked resource and the current document. A canonical value defines the preferred URL for the current document, which helps search engines reduce duplicate content.">
    <meta name="twitter:site" content="@getdoks">
    <script type="application/ld+json">
      {
        "@context": "https://schema.org",
        "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
        "itemListElement": [
          {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "item": "https://seo.thulite.io/",
            "name": "Improve Your Search Rankings",
            "position": 1
          },
          {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "item": "https://seo.thulite.io/docs/",
            "name": "Docs",
            "position": 2
          },
          {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "item": "https://seo.thulite.io/docs/basics/",
            "name": "Basics",
            "position": 3
          },
          {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "name": "Canonical",
            "position": 4
          }
        ]
      }
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
  </body>
</html>