Web, SEO & Network
SEO Meta Title & Description Checker
Draft a page title and meta description, measure them in characters and pixels, and preview them as a search result as you type.
- Runs in your browser
- Nothing is sent or stored
Draft your title and description
Search result preview
Your preview pops up here
Type a title or a description to see how they may look in search results.
Approximation
How it works
Search engines may rewrite titles and descriptions. These ranges are guidance, not rules.
- Title
- 30–60 characters and no wider than about 580 pixels at 20 px Arial. Shorter is marked Short; wider May be cut off.
- Description
- 70–160 characters and no wider than about 920 pixels on desktop or 680 pixels on mobile at 14 px Arial.
- Measuring
- Characters are counted as you see them, so an emoji or an accented letter counts once. Widths are measured in your browser with the Arial font; if it isn’t available, a standard width table is used.
- Copy tags
- Copies a title tag and a meta description tag with your text, ready to paste into your page’s HTML.
Questions
How long should a title be?
Width matters more than character count, because a W takes far more room than an i. As a guide, aim for 30–60 characters and under about 580 pixels, which is roughly where desktop search results cut titles off. The checker measures both.
Why does Google show a different title?
Search engines may rewrite titles and descriptions when they think another text on the page matches a search better. These ranges are guidance, not rules, and the preview is an approximation.
Can it check a live web page?
No. It doesn’t fetch web pages. Type or paste a title and description, for example from your page’s HTML, and it measures and previews them in your browser.
Is what I type sent or stored?
No. Measuring and the preview run in your browser. Nothing you type is sent or saved, and the page URL is only used for the address line of the preview.