🔍 Website Metadata Extractor

The Website Metadata Extractor is a powerful tool that analyzes websites to extract critical SEO and structural information including robots.txt content, sitemap.xml data, and HTML meta tags. This actor provides valuable insights into how search engines view and index your website, helping you optimize your web presence and improve search engine rankings.

📊 What Data Does It Extract?

The Website Metadata Extractor collects three essential types of website metadata:

• robots.txt: Extracts the complete robots.txt file content, showing you which parts of your site are allowed or disallowed for search engine crawlers
• sitemap.xml: Retrieves and parses sitemap data, providing insights into your site's structure and page hierarchy
• Meta Tags: Collects all HTML meta tags from your pages, including:
  • Title tags
  • Meta descriptions
  • Open Graph tags
  • Twitter card metadata
  • Canonical URLs
  • Viewport settings
  • Robots meta directives
  • Language information
  • And other SEO-relevant meta elements

🚀 Key Features

• Multi-URL Support: Process multiple websites in a single run
• Complete Metadata Collection: Comprehensive extraction of all relevant SEO metadata
• Structured Output: Clean, organized JSON results for easy analysis
• Error Handling: Robust error reporting for failed extractions
• Customizable: Configure which metadata elements to extract
• Fast Performance: Efficient processing even for large websites

🤔 Why Extract Website Metadata?

Understanding your website's metadata is crucial for:

• 📈 SEO Optimization: Identify missing or poorly configured meta tags
• 🔍 Crawler Insights: See exactly how search engines are instructed to crawl your site
• 🗺️ Site Structure Analysis: Understand your website's organization through sitemap data
• 🔄 Competitive Research: Analyze competitor websites' metadata strategies
• 🛠️ Technical SEO Audits: Identify technical SEO issues related to metadata
• 📱 Mobile Optimization: Verify proper viewport and mobile-specific meta tags
• 🌐 Social Media Optimization: Ensure proper Open Graph and Twitter card implementation

🛠️ How to Use the Website Metadata Extractor

Using the Website Metadata Extractor is straightforward:

1. 🔑 Create a free Apify account (if you don't have one)
2. 🔍 Open the Website Metadata Extractor actor
3. ✏️ Enter the URL(s) of the website(s) you want to analyze
4. 🚀 Click "Save & Start" and wait for the extraction to complete
5. 📊 Review your structured metadata results

📝 Input Parameters

The actor accepts the following input:

1{
2    "startUrls": [
3        {
4            "url": "https://www.apify.com"
5        }
6    ]
7}

📋 Output Example

The actor provides detailed information about each processed URL:

1{
2    "url": "https://www.apify.com",
3    "robotsTxt": {
4        "userAgents": {
5            "*": {
6                "allow": [],
7                "disallow": []
8            }
9        }
10    },
11    "metaTags": {
12        "viewport": "width=device-width, initial-scale=1",
13        "description": "Cloud platform for web scraping, browser automation, AI agents, and data for AI. Use 4,000+ ready-made tools, code templates, or order a custom solution.",
14        "keywords": "web scraper,web crawler,scraping,data extraction,API",
15        "robots": "index,follow",
16        "og:title": "Apify: Full-stack web scraping and data extraction platform",
17        "og:description": "Cloud platform for web scraping, browser automation, AI agents, and data for AI. Use 4,000+ ready-made tools, code templates, or order a custom solution.",
18        "og:url": "https://apify.com",
19        "og:site_name": "Apify",
20        "og:locale": "en_IE",
21        "og:image": "https://apify.com/img/og/landing.png",
22        "og:image:width": "1200",
23        "og:image:height": "630",
24        "og:image:alt": "Apify: Full-stack web scraping and data extraction platform",
25        "og:image:type": "image/png",
26        "og:type": "website",
27        "twitter:card": "summary_large_image",
28        "twitter:creator": "@apify",
29        "twitter:title": "Apify: Full-stack web scraping and data extraction platform",
30        "twitter:description": "Cloud platform for web scraping, browser automation, AI agents, and data for AI. Use 4,000+ ready-made tools, code templates, or order a custom solution.",
31        "twitter:image": "https://apify.com/img/og/landing.png",
32        "twitter:image:width": "1200",
33        "twitter:image:height": "630",
34        "twitter:image:alt": "Apify: Full-stack web scraping and data extraction platform",
35        "twitter:image:type": "image/png",
36        "title": "Apify: Full-stack web scraping and data extraction platform"
37    },
38    "sitemapFileUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/1VlJKS1Nn5097n2gN/records/www.apify.com.json?signature=c9GnJcpsTQI92nCBhkqX"
39}

🔍 Use Cases

The Website Metadata Extractor is valuable for:

• SEO Professionals: Quickly audit websites for metadata issues
• Digital Marketers: Analyze competitor metadata strategies
• Web Developers: Verify proper implementation of meta tags
• Content Creators: Ensure content is properly tagged for search engines
• Site Owners: Monitor your website's SEO health
• Technical Auditors: Include metadata analysis in comprehensive site audits

🚀 Optimize Your Website's Visibility

The Website Metadata Extractor provides crucial insights into how search engines view your website. By understanding and optimizing your robots.txt, sitemap.xml, and meta tags, you can improve your site's visibility, search engine rankings, and overall online presence. Start extracting valuable metadata today! 🎉