diff --git a/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index 946147a21e..ebb1e7f5d8 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/baseof.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
         {{ if ne .Params.sitemap false }}data-pagefind-body{{- end }}
         class="dark:bg-background-dark w-full min-w-0 bg-white p-8"
       >
+        {{ partial "pagefind-meta.html" . }}
         {{ block "main" . }}
         {{ end }}
       </div>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/breadcrumbs.html b/layouts/partials/breadcrumbs.html
index fc893af263..7c2ce060db 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/breadcrumbs.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/breadcrumbs.html
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 <nav
   id="breadcrumbs"
-  {{- $breadcrumbTitles := slice }}
   data-pagefind-ignore
   class="breadcrumbs mb-4 flex min-w-0 items-center gap-2 text-gray-400 dark:text-gray-300"
 >
   {{ range .Ancestors.Reverse }}
-    {{ $breadcrumbTitles = $breadcrumbTitles | append .LinkTitle }}
     <a href="{{ .Permalink }}" class="link truncate"
       >{{ markdownify .LinkTitle }}</a
     >
     <span>/</span>
   {{- end }}
-  <span
-    data-pagefind-meta="breadcrumbs:{{ collections.Delimit $breadcrumbTitles " / " }}"
-    class="truncate"
-    >{{ markdownify .LinkTitle }}</span
-  >
+  <span class="truncate">{{ markdownify .LinkTitle }}</span>
 </nav>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/pagefind-meta.html b/layouts/partials/pagefind-meta.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f08a9346e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/pagefind-meta.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{{/* Pagefind metadata - must be inside data-pagefind-body */}}
+{{- $description := partial "utils/description.html" . -}}
+{{- $keywords := partialCached "utils/keywords.html" . . -}}
+{{- $breadcrumbs := slice -}}
+{{- range .Ancestors.Reverse -}}
+  {{- $breadcrumbs = $breadcrumbs | append .LinkTitle -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- with $description }}<meta data-pagefind-meta="description:{{ . }}">{{ end }}
+{{- with $keywords }}<meta data-pagefind-meta="keywords:{{ delimit . ", " }}">{{ end }}
+{{- with $breadcrumbs }}<meta data-pagefind-meta="breadcrumbs:{{ delimit . " / " }}">{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/search-bar.html b/layouts/partials/search-bar.html
index 3192fd8a3b..0d4a6552aa 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/search-bar.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/search-bar.html
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@
       termFrequency: 0.0,
       termSimilarity: 2.0,
       pageLength: 0.0,
-      termSaturation: 1.0
+      termSaturation: 1.0,
+      metaWeights: {
+        title: 10.0,
+        description: 4.0,
+        keywords: 6.0
+      }
     }
   });