See your page the way Google shows it.
Check a page's title tag and meta description, or write your own, and see a Google result preview for desktop and mobile with the point where each line would be cut. No account needed.
- Pixel width, not just characters
- Desktop and mobile preview
- Cut points marked
- Missing and duplicate tags
- Drafts checked as you type
What you get
One check. The result Google would show.
The checker reads the page's title, meta description, canonical and robots tags, measures each line in Google's result fonts and marks where the result would be cut.
snippet · example.com/running-shoes
done
- title64 characters, 612 px
- title cutafter “Best running shoes for every...”
- description148 characters, 871 px
- mobilecut after “...sizes and prices...”
- title tags1
- canonicalmatches this page
- robotsindex, follow
Why it matters
Two lines decide whether you get the click.
Ranking gets your page onto the results page. The title and description are what a searcher reads before choosing which result to open.
Clicks
Your result is your pitch
A clear title and a description that answers the search can earn the click over a result ranked above yours.
Cut-offs
Say it before the cut
Google cuts a title at about 580 pixels, not a set number of characters. Wide letters run out sooner, so a title that looks short can still lose its last words.
Rewrites
Give Google less reason to rewrite
Google replaces titles and descriptions that are missing, too long, repeated or vague. A specific one that fits is the one most likely to be shown as written.
Who it's for
Built for the people who write for search.
01
SEO specialists
Audit titles and descriptions page by page, with pixel widths, duplicate tags, canonical and robots in one view.
02
Content writers
Draft a title and description and watch where Google would cut them as you type, before the page goes live.
03
Developers
Confirm a template prints one title, one description, the right canonical and no stray noindex.
04
Site owners
See how your most important pages read in search after a redesign, a migration or a new plugin.
How it works
From URL or draft to preview in seconds.
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Enter a URL or write your own
Paste a page address to read its live tags, or type a title and description to test a draft. Drafts are measured in your browser.
02
Measure in pixels
Each line is measured in Arial, the title at 20px and the description at 14px, against the widths Google shows on desktop and mobile.
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Read the preview and the fixes
See the result cut where Google would cut it, with plain notes on what is missing, repeated or too long.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
It reads a page's title tag and meta description, or the ones you write, measures their length in characters and pixels, and shows how they would look in a Google result on desktop and mobile, cut where Google would cut them.
Google cuts titles by width, at about 580 pixels on desktop, which is usually 50 to 60 characters. Wide letters such as W and M fill the line faster than narrow ones such as i and l, so a pixel measure is more reliable than a character count. A title under 30 characters rarely says enough.
Google shows about 920 pixels of description on desktop, roughly 150 to 160 characters, and about 680 pixels on mobile, roughly 120. Put the main point first so it survives on both. A description under 70 characters rarely sums up a page.
Google writes its own when it thinks other text matches the search better, or when yours is missing, too long, repeated across pages or stuffed with keywords. It often uses headings or text from the page instead. That is why the preview shows what you set, not a guarantee of what appears.
Google cuts a result at a fixed width on screen, not after a set number of characters. Sixty narrow letters can fit where forty wide ones do not, so a character count alone can say a title fits when it is cut. The checker measures each line in Arial at the sizes Google uses for results.
Not directly. Google has said the meta description is not used for ranking. It still shapes the snippet under your title, and a description that answers the search can win more clicks. The title tag, by contrast, helps Google understand what the page is about.
Google writes a snippet from text on the page that matches the search. That can work, but you give up control of the pitch, so your most important pages are worth a description of their own.
Browsers use the first one, and Google may use either or write its own. A second title is usually added by accident, by a theme or a plugin, so the checker counts them and flags any duplicate.
No. It reads the HTML the server sends, without running scripts. Google can render JavaScript, so if a script changes your title, Google may see a different one. Paste that title into Write your own to check it.
Yes. You can check 10 pages a day by URL without an account. Writing your own title and description runs in your browser, with no limit.
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