Free Meta Title and Description Checker
Paste your title and meta description, or pull them in from a live page. See their width in pixels, where Google would cut them, and what to fix.
- Title length. 658 px. Google cuts it at about 600 px, after “Coffee at Home”.
- Description on desktop. 962 px. Google cuts it at about 920 px.
- Description on phones. Cut at about 680 px. Put the key point in the first 110 characters or so.
- Keyword. Add a keyword to check it’s in both.
- Keyword near the start. Add a keyword to check this.
- Capitals. No shouting.
- Repeated words. No word is overused.
Four quick steps. No sign-up. What you type stays in your browser.
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Add your tags. Type or paste a title and meta description. Or enter a page’s address and we’ll pull in the ones it has now.
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Add a keyword. Optional. Type the search you want the page to show for, and the checks tell you if it’s in both.
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Read the checks. The meters show each one’s width in pixels, and the preview cuts them where Google would, on desktop and mobile.
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Copy the HTML. When they fit, copy the title and meta tags and paste them into your page or SEO plugin.
Everything in the Meta Title and Description Checker. Measured the way Google measures, not by a character count.
Pixels, not just characters. Google cuts by width. Each letter is measured in Google’s own font and size, with the character count beside it.
Where it gets cut. See the exact word where Google would stop: about 600 px for titles, 920 px for descriptions on desktop and 680 px on mobile.
Check a live page. Enter an address to pull in the title and description a page has now, then edit them here.
Google preview. See the result as it would look in Google, on desktop and mobile.
Quick checks. Too long, too short, all caps, repeated words, and whether your keyword is in both.
Ready to paste. Copy the title and meta description tags as HTML in one click.
How long should a meta title and description be? Google measures in pixels, not characters. Here’s what that means for what you write.
Titles: under 600 pixels
Google shows about 600 pixels of a title on desktop. That’s 50 to 60 characters for most words, but wide letters like W and M take more room than i or l. A title that’s 55 characters can still be cut if it has lots of capitals.
Put the main words first. If the end gets cut, it should be your brand, not the point of the page.
Descriptions: about 920 pixels, and 680 on phones
On desktop Google shows about two lines, or 150 to 160 characters. On phones it often shows less, about 120. Say the most important thing in the first 120 characters so it shows everywhere.
Too short is a problem too
A title of three words wastes space you could use to tell searchers what they get. A one-line description often gets replaced by text Google picks from the page. Use the room you have.
Write for the click
Your title and description are the only thing a searcher reads before choosing a result. Say what the page gives them, use the words they searched for once, and leave out filler like “Welcome to our website”.
Avoid all caps and repeated keywords. They take more room and read as spam.
Google may still rewrite them
Google rewrites titles and descriptions it thinks don’t match the page or the search. Clear titles that describe the page, and descriptions that answer the search, are the ones most often kept.
There isn’t a fixed one. Google cuts titles at about 600 pixels on desktop, which is usually 50 to 60 characters. This checker measures the pixels so you know for sure.
About 150 to 160 characters, or 920 pixels, on desktop, and about 120 characters on phones. Keep the key point in the first 120 characters.
Because Google measures width, not characters. Capitals and wide letters like W and M take more room, so a short title can still go over 600 pixels.
Yes. Enter the page’s address and the checker pulls in the title and meta description it has now, so you can check and edit them.
Not directly. It affects how much of your description shows, and a clear, complete description gets more clicks.
Yes. There’s no sign-up and no limit. What you type stays in your browser; only a live page you ask us to check is fetched by our server.
Yes. Every post Writing Studio writes comes with a title and meta description that fit, and it publishes them to your site with the post.
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