Title Tag & Meta Description Preview Tool
Paste a URL, or type a title and meta description, to check character and pixel length, truncation risk, duplicate wording and missing primary terms, and to preview how the result may appear in Google search.
- Live desktop and mobile preview
- Measures real pixel width
- We don't store what you enter
Your Google preview and score appear below as soon as you load a page or type a title or description.
Snippet score
Good
How it may look in Google
Cut-off text is replaced with “…”, the way Google does it. Your primary terms are bolded in the description.
Length and width
The green zone is the ideal range; Google cuts text off by pixel width.
Duplicate wording
Repeated words waste pixels and invite Google to rewrite your title.
Primary terms
Where each keyword appears.
Found on the page
What the live page declares. Edits you make above aren't on the page.
Score by category
Fix these first
Ranked by how many points each fix could add.
All checks
Select any check for why it matters and how to fix it.
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How the score is calculated
Every snippet starts at zero and earns points across five categories worth 100 in total. Each check is fully passed, partly passed or failed, and every result explains why it matters and how to fix it.
| Category | What is checked | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Title Tag | Title is present; length (30 to 60 characters); pixel width against the roughly 580 px Google shows on desktop; and quality: no placeholders, ALL CAPS, keyword lists or too many separators that make Google rewrite it. | 35 |
| Meta Description | Description is present; length (120 to 160 characters); pixel width on desktop; how much survives on mobile (about 680 px); and quality: a real sentence, not default or placeholder text. | 30 |
| Primary Terms | Your keywords appear in the title (as an exact phrase, near the start) and in the description, where Google bolds them. Needs primary terms. | 20 |
| Duplicate Wording | No word repeated in the title, no repeated words or phrases in the description, and a description that adds information instead of repeating the title. | 10 |
| Page Signals | From a loaded URL: exactly one title and one description tag, no nosnippet or tiny max-snippet directive, and a title that matches the page's H1 topic. | 5 |
| Total | If a check can't apply (for example, keyword checks when no primary term is entered, or page signals when you typed the text yourself), it is left out and the score is scaled to the points that did apply. | 100 |
90-100
Excellent
75-89
Good
50-74
Needs work
0-49
Poor
Title and meta description best practices in six rules
The checks follow the same checklist I use when auditing client pages. Get these right and your result is easier to read, harder for Google to rewrite and more likely to be clicked.
1. Lead with the main topic
Put the keyword people search for at the start of the title. The start is seen first and is never cut off.
2. Stay under about 580 px
That is roughly 55 to 60 characters. Wide letters and capitals use more space, so check the pixels, not just the count.
3. Write a description that earns the click
120 to 160 characters: say what the page offers, for whom, and why to click. The first 120 characters are what mobile shows.
4. Use each key term once, naturally
Repeating a word doesn't help ranking. Google bolds the searcher's words anyway, so one natural mention is enough.
5. Make every page unique
Duplicate titles and descriptions across pages confuse Google and weaken each page's click appeal. Write each one for its page.
6. Match the title to the page's H1
When the title and the main heading disagree, Google often swaps in the heading. Keep them on the same topic.
What a snippet preview can't tell you
A good preview score means your snippet is set up well, not that Google will show it exactly like this. These things matter too, and no preview tool can measure them.
Google can rewrite it
Google changes titles and descriptions it finds weak or mismatched. The tool flags the common triggers but can't predict each case.
Pixel limits are estimates
Google doesn't publish exact limits and changes its layout. Treat the widths as a safe guide, not a guarantee.
Search intent and clicks
Whether your wording matches what searchers want, and whether it persuades them, needs human judgment and real data.
Real click-through rate
Only Google Search Console shows how your snippet actually performs. Use it to compare versions over time.
To see how your snippets really perform, use Google's free tools: Search Console and Google's guide to title links.
What a title tag and meta description are, and why length is measured in pixels
The title tag and the meta description are the two pieces of text that most often make up a search result. The title is the clickable headline, which Google calls a title link. The description is a short summary that may appear underneath as the snippet. Both are written in the head of the page, and both are often the first thing a searcher reads about you.
There is no official character limit for either one. Google's documentation says there is no limit on how long a title element can be and no limit on a meta description, but results are cut off to fit the device width. That is why a count of 60 or 160 characters is only a rough guide: capital letters and wide letters take more room than narrow ones. A preview tool measures the actual width and shows where the text would be cut.
Google also decides what to show. It builds titles from the title element, the main heading and other text, and it builds snippets mainly from the page's content, using your description only when it describes the page better. So the aim is a clear, accurate title and description that give Google little reason to rewrite them, and this tool lets you test them before they go live.
When to preview a title and meta description
Preview the text before it goes live, and again whenever clicks from search look weak.
Before you publish a page
Type the title and description into the Enter title & description tab and check how they fit on desktop and mobile. It is far easier to shorten a line now than after Google has shown it.
When a page gets impressions but few clicks
In Search Console, compare pages with many impressions and a low click-through rate. Draft clearer wording here, publish one change, then compare the results over several weeks.
After Google rewrites your title
Load the live URL to see what the page declares. Compare it with the title Google shows, then look for the usual causes, such as a mismatch with the main heading.
When designing templates
Test a product, category and blog title pattern with real examples. A template that cuts off the product name or repeats the brand twice affects every page that uses it.
For Nepali and mixed-script pages
Titles in Devanagari or mixed Nepali and English still need to read cleanly. The measurements use Arial, so treat widths for other scripts as estimates and check live results.
When studying competitors
Load a competing page to see how it words the same topic, what it leads with and which details it puts in the description. Write your own version, not a copy.
Title and meta description mistakes and how to fix them
Most rewritten or weak snippets come from a few repeating habits, many of them built into templates.
Treating 60 characters as a rule
What goes wrong: Counting characters ignores letter width, so a title of 58 wide capitals can be cut while one of 66 narrow letters fits. Google does not publish a character limit.
The fix: Put the main topic first so a cut-off does not hide it, and use the pixel preview as a guide. Confirm the real result in Search Console.
Stuffing keywords into the title
What goes wrong: A title that repeats the same phrase or lists many keywords does not help readers, and Google's guidance says to avoid keyword stuffing in titles.
The fix: Write one natural phrase that says what the page is. Add the brand at the start or end, separated by a simple delimiter.
A title that disagrees with the h1
What goes wrong: If the title says one thing and the main heading another, Google may use the heading, or other text on the page, as the title link instead.
The fix: Keep both on the same topic. The wording can differ, but a reader should see the same promise in the result and on the page.
The same text on many pages
What goes wrong: A template gives every page nearly the same title or description. Google calls this micro-boilerplate and may add detail from the page to tell the results apart.
The fix: Give each important page its own title and a description written for that page. Use template variables for the page name, price or location.
Outdated or half-empty titles
What goes wrong: A title with last year's date, or one that starts with a divider because a variable came out empty, looks obsolete or broken and can be replaced.
The fix: Remove dates you will not maintain, and check that every template variable has a fallback value. Test a few real pages, including ones with missing fields.
A description that is a keyword list
What goes wrong: Google's guidance says keyword lists do not describe the page and are less likely to be shown. A description that repeats the title adds nothing.
The fix: Write one or two sentences that summarise the page and say why it is worth opening. Add useful details such as price, date or author where they apply.
Snippet terms explained
- Title tag
- The
titleelement in the page head. It is one of several sources Google may use to create the title link, along with the main heading and other prominent text. - Title link
- The clickable headline of a search result. Google generates it automatically, so it may differ from your title tag when your title is vague, inaccurate or repeated across pages.
- Meta description
- A short summary in the page head. Google may use it as the snippet when it describes the page better than the content does, but it often writes the snippet from the page text.
- Snippet
- The text shown under a search result. It changes by query, because Google aims to show the part of the page that best matches what the searcher asked.
- Pixel width
- How wide a line of text renders on screen. Because Google truncates by available width, pixels predict a cut-off better than characters do.
- Truncation
- Shortening a line with an ellipsis when it does not fit. Google truncates title links and snippets as needed, typically to fit the device width.
- Click-through rate (CTR)
- Clicks divided by impressions. The Performance report in Search Console shows it for each page and query, so you can compare wording changes over time.
nosnippetandmax-snippet- Robots rules that stop a snippet or limit its length. A
nosnippetset by mistake can leave your result with no description at all.
Related tools, guides and services
Titles and descriptions work alongside the rest of the page. These help you check and improve it.
Meta Tag Checker
Check every tag in the head, including the title, description, robots and canonical.
ToolHeading Checker
Make sure your h1 covers the same topic as your title tag.
On-Page SEO Checker
Score the whole page, with titles and descriptions as one of eight categories.
GuideSEO audit errors that matter
See why title length warnings usually rank below real indexing and crawling issues.
ServiceOn-page SEO service
Get titles, descriptions and page structure reviewed and rewritten across your site.
ServiceContent optimization service
Improve existing pages so their wording matches what searchers are looking for.
Built by
Madhav Kushwaha
SEO, AEO, GEO & Digital Marketing Consultant in Kathmandu, Nepal, and trainer at ODcrU Academy and TechAxis Institute. I built this preview because the title and description are the first thing a searcher reads, and small changes to them often move clicks more than any other on-page edit. The scoring above is exactly what the code does.
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