SERP Title & Meta Description Checker
SERP Title & Meta Description Checker
Paste your page title and meta description to check their character lengths against widely-used SEO guidance for how much text Google typically displays without truncating it in search results.
Titles under 30 characters are flagged "Too Short" (wasting an opportunity to include useful keywords), 30-60 characters is "Good," and anything over 60 is "Too Long" since search results commonly truncate titles beyond that point with an ellipsis. Meta descriptions follow a similar pattern: under 70 is "Too Short," 70-158 is "Good," and over 158 risks truncation. This checks character count only — Google's actual truncation is based on rendered pixel width, so results can vary slightly depending on which characters are used, but character-count guidance is the standard practical approximation.
- Title guidance: under 30 characters is flagged "Too Short", 30-60 is "Good", over 60 is "Too Long" (titles beyond ~60 characters are commonly truncated in search results).
- Meta description guidance: under 70 characters is "Too Short", 70-158 is "Good", over 158 is "Too Long".
- Note: this checks character count, not rendered pixel width — Google's actual truncation point varies slightly by character width and device, so treat these ranges as a helpful guideline rather than an exact cutoff.
Why character count instead of pixel width?
Pixel width varies by font and device, so character-count ranges are a simpler, widely-used approximation that works well as a general guideline.
Does Google always truncate titles over 60 characters?
Not always — the exact cutoff depends on the characters used and the device, but staying under ~60 characters greatly reduces the risk of truncation.
SERP Title & Meta Description Checker
Paste your page title and meta description to check their character lengths against widely-used SEO guidance for how much text Google typically displays without truncating it in search results.
Titles under 30 characters are flagged "Too Short" (wasting an opportunity to include useful keywords), 30-60 characters is "Good," and anything over 60 is "Too Long" since search results commonly truncate titles beyond that point with an ellipsis. Meta descriptions follow a similar pattern: under 70 is "Too Short," 70-158 is "Good," and over 158 risks truncation. This checks character count only — Google's actual truncation is based on rendered pixel width, so results can vary slightly depending on which characters are used, but character-count guidance is the standard practical approximation.
- Title guidance: under 30 characters is flagged "Too Short", 30-60 is "Good", over 60 is "Too Long" (titles beyond ~60 characters are commonly truncated in search results).
- Meta description guidance: under 70 characters is "Too Short", 70-158 is "Good", over 158 is "Too Long".
- Note: this checks character count, not rendered pixel width — Google's actual truncation point varies slightly by character width and device, so treat these ranges as a helpful guideline rather than an exact cutoff.
Why character count instead of pixel width?
Pixel width varies by font and device, so character-count ranges are a simpler, widely-used approximation that works well as a general guideline.
Does Google always truncate titles over 60 characters?
Not always — the exact cutoff depends on the characters used and the device, but staying under ~60 characters greatly reduces the risk of truncation.