Meta Title & Description Length Checker
Google does not cut your title at 60 characters. It cuts it at roughly 580 pixels of rendered width, which is why one 58-character title survives intact and another disappears into an ellipsis. This checker measures both dimensions as you type and shows a live search-result preview so you can see exactly where the snippet ends.
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- Title characters
- 55
- Title width
- 517px / 580px
- Description characters
- 133
- Description width
- 835px / 920px
Pixel width is what actually gets cut, which is why an all-caps title fails at 50 characters while a lowercase one survives past 60.
Disclaimer: Pixel widths are close approximations of Google's rendering, not exact measurements. Search engines also rewrite titles and descriptions at their own discretion.
What the Meta Title & Description Length Checker does
A meta title and description length checker measures the rendered width of a page's title tag and meta description against the display limits used by search engines, flagging snippets that will be truncated with an ellipsis or padded out with text pulled from elsewhere on the page.
Methodology and formula
Rendered width is estimated per character using Arial metrics at Google's display sizes (about 20px for titles, 14px for descriptions), summed across the string, then compared with the practical desktop limits of about 580px for titles and 920px for descriptions.
Worked example
- Inputs
- Title: "Free Invoice Generator — Create & Download PDF Invoices" (56 characters). Description: 132 characters.
- Result
- Title about 540px of 580px — fits. Description about 780px of 920px — fits with room for a call to action.
Rewriting the same title in title case with two extra capitalised words pushes it past 600px and truncates it, even though the character count only rises to 61. The pixel figure, not the character count, is what predicts the cut.
When to use this tool
Use this before publishing or updating any page's metadata. Use the UTM Link Builder for tagging the campaigns that send paid traffic to the same page, and the ROAS Calculator when you need to judge whether that traffic is paying for itself.
About the Meta Title & Description Length Checker
Why pixel width beats character count
Search engines render your snippet in a proportional typeface, so an i occupies roughly a third of the space of an m. A title made of narrow lowercase words can run past 65 characters and still display in full, while an all-caps brand name plus a long keyword can be truncated before 50. Counting characters is a rough proxy; measuring width is what actually predicts truncation, which is why this tool reports both and colours the verdict on the pixel figure.
What happens when a description is too short
Google rewrites or supplements snippets it considers unhelpful, and a thin 40-character description invites it to pull an arbitrary sentence from your page body instead. Aim for 70-155 characters of specific, benefit-led copy that answers the query and includes the term someone actually searched, so there is no reason for a rewrite.
Mobile truncates earlier than desktop
Mobile results have a narrower container, so a title that fits comfortably on desktop can lose its last few words on a phone. Front-load the distinguishing words: put the specific tool or product name first and the brand last, so the part that gets cut is the part a searcher can already infer.
The parts of a snippet you do not control
Search engines routinely replace titles with H1 text or anchor text when they judge the title tag to be keyword-stuffed, boilerplate or duplicated across a site, and they rewrite descriptions per query. Writing a distinct, accurate, well-sized title and description per page maximises the chance yours is the version shown, but treat it as a strong request rather than a guarantee.
Frequently asked questions
What is the ideal meta title length?
What is the ideal meta description length?
Does meta description length affect rankings?
Why does Google show a different title than the one I set?
Should I include my brand name in the meta title?
Do these limits apply to Bing and AI search results too?
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