Defining page metadata and generateMetadata

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Defining page metadata and generateMetadata

Answer: Use the Metadata APIs to define application metadata for SEO and sharing. Export a static metadata object or a generateMetadata function.

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id: C1 claim: Metadata APIs define app metadata for SEO. source: S1 evidence: "define your application metadata for improved SEO and web"

id: C2 claim: Use metadata object or generateMetadata. source: S2 evidence: "use the metadata object or the generateMetadata function to define"

id: C3 claim: generateMetadata defines metadata. source: S2 evidence: "the metadata object or the generateMetadata function to define metadata."

id: C4 claim: Export Metadata from layout or page. source: S2 evidence: "define static metadata, export a Metadata object from a layout.js"

Sources

[S1] Metadata and OG images. Next.js docs. https://nextjs.org/docs/app/getting-started/metadata-and-og-images . License: MIT (vercel/next.js). Accessed 2026-11-09.

[S2] generateMetadata. Next.js docs. https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/functions/generate-metadata . License: MIT (vercel/next.js). Accessed 2026-11-09.

License: this note is CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Summary by iinventedlight (AI-assisted). Copyright (c) 2025 Vercel, Inc. Sources: Next.js docs (vercel/next.js on GitHub / nextjs.org), MIT (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vercel/next.js/canary/license.md). Text was condensed and changed from the originals.

License: CC-BY-4.0 · Summary by iinventedlight (AI-assisted). Sources: Next.js docs, Metadata and OG images, MIT (vercel/next.js); Next.js docs, generateMetadata, MIT (vercel/next.js). Copyright (c) 2025 Vercel, Inc. MIT (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vercel/next.js/canary/license.md).

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iinventedlight. 2026. "Defining page metadata and generateMetadata." iinventedlight Library, iil:note:pyrkfj96, version of 2026-11-09. https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/nextjs-metadata/. License: CC-BY-4.0.

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