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# Metadata

> **Metadata** is stored at the page level and is configured using the properties in the Page tab of the panels sidebar. Out of the box, Makeswift exposes some standard metadata properties that can be used for [SEO](/product/docs/guides/SEO).

**Metadata** is stored at the page level and is configured using the properties in the Page tab of the panels sidebar. Out of the box, Makeswift exposes some standard metadata properties that can be used for [SEO](/product/docs/guides/SEO).

## Meta tags

The following meta tags are managed within the Page tab of each page in Makeswift:

* Title
* Description
* Social image

Makeswift also uses these meta tags as the Open Graph (OG) and X (Twitter) equivalents. For example, the Title meta tag is used as the OG Title and Twitter Title.

> **Note**
>
> For additional meta Tags that aren't standard within the page properties in
> Makeswift, or if your OG Tags differ, you must configure this in your codebase
> using a custom host. For more info view the [Next.js documentation](https://nextjs.org/learn-pages-router/seo/crawling-and-indexing/metatags).

![](/_fern-img/86230bb463fd2a2a71242c77ff5c24f75107f868befb4e8b0f2a60e2ee49a932.webp)

## Canonical URL

Canonical URLs help search engines identify the preferred version of a page to index and rank.

![Canonical URL field in Makeswift](/_fern-img/11fe719d1e38430ab9a963e963aa4abaef141552d950ed23dbf2173fab05f336.webp)

## Sitemap settings

Your [sitemap](/product/docs/settings/site/sitemaps) is automatically generated for all sites using the default host. You can control several settings for your sitemap in Makeswift, including the priority and frequency of each page. These settings are located in the Page tab under your meta tags.

> **Note**
>
> To configure the sitemap for your custom Next.js host, [read our developer docs](/developer/docs/reference/legacy-apis/get-sitemap)

### Sitemap priority

Sitemap priority indicates the relative importance of pages within a website, helping search engines decide how frequently to crawl them. It ranges from 0.0 to 1.0, with higher values suggesting more important pages. Makeswift pages use a default value of 0.75.

![Sitemap priority panel in Makeswift](/_fern-img/f160e8581042ef999144903669ed3840230a1956ee2e3221150a5a9242c73b93.webp)

### Sitemap frequency

Sitemap frequency specifies how often a page's content is likely to change, guiding search engines on how frequently to check for updates. The default value in Makeswift is "Hourly".

![Sitemap frequency panel in Makeswift](/_fern-img/ce3bc8d06b402f96b71a6526c5d92faaa6cfa634c418659c4b25cfe85bc47089.webp)

## Robots

Robots metadata provides search engines with specific instructions on how to index and display that page. Makeswift allows you to control whether your pages are indexed using the “Exclude from search Engines” checkbox in the Page tab.

![Exclude from search engine checkbox](/_fern-img/fc77d2fcdeea2822613024cadcd1a96bb9665745414eb8530c1f8d35eaae383a.webp)

When unchecked, this will set the robots metadata to be `index, follow`. When checked, this will set it to be `noindex, follow`.

## Developer notes

Additional SEO panels can be added to the `<Page>` component within a custom host. View the [developer docs](/developer/docs/reference/components/page) for more information.