Meta Title & Description Length Checker

How title & description limits really work

Google measures snippet space in pixels, not characters. On desktop, titles get about 580px before the ellipsis; descriptions get roughly 920px (about two lines). Mobile allows slightly more description but often rewrites it anyway. That's why a 55-character title full of wide letters can truncate while a 65-character narrow one survives.

• Titles: front-load the keyword and the differentiator; keep the brand at the end where truncation costs least.
• Descriptions: write for the click, not the crawler — Google rewrites ~60% of them, and a compelling one earns the impression it keeps.
• Truncation isn't fatal — but a cut-off value proposition is. If the pixel bar here turns red, the part that sells is probably the part that's missing.

FAQ

What's the ideal meta title length? Aim under ~560px (usually 50–60 characters). This tool shows the real width as you type.

Does Google use meta descriptions for ranking? Not directly — but they drive click-through rate, which is very real traffic.