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### Core Concepts

- [Canonical URL](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/canonical-url)
- [App Icons](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/app-icons)
- [Open Graph Images](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/open-graph-images)
- [Best Practice Default Meta](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/default-meta)
- [Enhanced Titles](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/fallback-title)
- [SEO Route Rules](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/route-rules)
- [I18n & Localization](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/i18n)
- [Nuxt Config SEO Meta](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/nuxt-config-seo-meta)
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Core Concepts

# Best Practice Default Meta

[Copy for LLMs](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/default-meta.md)

## [Introduction](#introduction)

To ensure your site is SEO friendly, Nuxt SEO sets some default meta tags for you based on your [site config](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/nuxt-seo/guides/configuring-modules).

## [Canonical URL](#canonical-url)

Ensuring a canonical URL is set helps avoid [duplicate content issues](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66359?hl=en).

This can be an issue when you have multiple domains or subdomains pointing to the same content, [trailing slashes](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/nuxt-seo/guides/trailing-slashes) and non-trailing slashes showing the same content and when you have query parameters that don't change the content.

Learn more about canonical URLs with the [Canonical Link Tag](https://nuxtseo.com/learn-seo/nuxt/controlling-crawlers/canonical-urls) guide.

The canonical URL is generated from your site config `url`, the current route and the `canonicalQueryWhitelist`.

### [canonicalQueryWhitelist](#canonicalquerywhitelist)

By default, the `canonicalQueryWhitelist` includes a number of common query parameters that will modify the page content:

- `page`
- `sort`
- `filter`
- `search`
- `q`
- `category`
- `tag`

You can override this by providing your own list of query parameters that should be included in the canonical URL.

nuxt.config.ts

```
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  seo: {
    canonicalQueryWhitelist: ['myCustomQuery']
  }
})
```

## [I18n](#i18n)

Google wants you to list the language that any given page is written in as `<html lang="<locale>">`.

Nuxt SEO will set this for you based on your site config `currentLocale` and `defaultLocale` (default `en`).

If you're using the `@nuxtjs/i18n` module, then this is automatically set for you.

See the [I18n Guide](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/nuxt-seo/guides/i18n) for detailed information on configuring locales, especially if you're experiencing issues with the `lang` attribute.

## [Open Graph](#open-graph)

Providing extra [open-graph](https://ogp.me/) meta tags helps social media platforms understand your content better.

The following tags are set:

- `og:url` - The canonical URL of the page.
- `og:type` - Set to `'website'`.
- `og:locale` - The current locale of the page based on site config `currentLocale` and `defaultLocale`. Only set when the locale includes a region code (e.g. `en_US`), not for simple locales like `en`.
- `og:site_name` - The name of your site based on site config `name`.

## [Disable Default Meta](#disable-default-meta)

While all default meta is registered with low priority, allowing you to easily override them, you may want to disable them entirely.

nuxt.config.ts

```
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  seo: {
    automaticDefaults: false
  }
})
```

[](https://nuxtseo.com/tools/meta-tag-checker)**Validate your meta tags** - Check title and description length with our [Meta Tag Checker](https://nuxtseo.com/tools/meta-tag-checker).

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On this page

- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [Canonical URL](#canonical-url)
- [I18n](#i18n)
- [Open Graph](#open-graph)
- [Disable Default Meta](#disable-default-meta)

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- [Robots](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/robots/getting-started/introduction)
- [Sitemap](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/sitemap/getting-started/introduction)
- [OG Image](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/og-image/getting-started/introduction)
- [Schema.org](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/schema-org/getting-started/introduction)
- [Link Checker](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/link-checker/getting-started/introduction)
- [SEO Utils](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/getting-started/introduction)
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Nuxt

- [Mastering Meta](https://nuxtseo.com/learn-seo/nuxt/mastering-meta)
- [Controlling Crawlers](https://nuxtseo.com/learn-seo/nuxt/controlling-crawlers)
- [Launch & Listen](https://nuxtseo.com/learn-seo/nuxt/launch-and-listen)
- [Routes & Rendering](https://nuxtseo.com/learn-seo/nuxt/routes-and-rendering)
- [Staying Secure](https://nuxtseo.com/learn-seo/nuxt/routes-and-rendering/security)

Vue

- [Vue SEO Guide](https://nuxtseo.com/learn-seo/vue)
- [Mastering Meta](https://nuxtseo.com/learn-seo/vue/mastering-meta)
- [Controlling Crawlers](https://nuxtseo.com/learn-seo/vue/controlling-crawlers)
- [SPA SEO](https://nuxtseo.com/learn-seo/vue/spa)
- [SSR Frameworks](https://nuxtseo.com/learn-seo/vue/ssr-frameworks)
- [SEO Checklist](https://nuxtseo.com/learn-seo/checklist)
- [Pre-Launch Warmup](https://nuxtseo.com/learn-seo/pre-launch-warmup)
- [Backlinks & Authority](https://nuxtseo.com/learn-seo/backlinks)

### [Tools](https://nuxtseo.com/tools "SEO Tools")

- [Social Share Debugger](https://nuxtseo.com/tools/social-share-debugger)
- [Robots.txt Generator](https://nuxtseo.com/tools/robots-txt-generator)
- [Meta Tag Checker](https://nuxtseo.com/tools/meta-tag-checker)
- [HTML to Markdown](https://nuxtseo.com/tools/html-to-markdown)
- [XML Sitemap Validator](https://nuxtseo.com/tools/xml-sitemap-validator)
- [Schema.org Validator](https://nuxtseo.com/tools/schema-validator)
- [Keyword Idea Generator](https://nuxtseo.com/tools/keyword-generator)
- [Keyword Research](https://nuxtseo.com/tools/keyword-research)
- [SERP Analyzer](https://nuxtseo.com/tools/serp-analyzer)
- [Domain Rankings](https://nuxtseo.com/tools/domain-rankings)

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