Google search preview.
Type your page title and meta description to see how they'll look in Google on a computer and a phone, and where Google will cut them off. Free, no sign-up.
66 characters 621 of 600 pixels
144 characters 879 of 920 pixels (680 on a phone)
Google shows your business name if your site tells it. Otherwise, your domain.
Google puts the words people searched for in bold.
On a computer
Emergency Plumber in Lincoln | 24-Hour Callouts | Example ...
Burst pipe or no hot water? Our Gas Safe engineers cover Lincoln and the villages around it, day and night, for one fixed callout fee. Call now.
On a phone
Emergency Plumber in Lincoln | 24-Hour Callouts | Example ...
Burst pipe or no hot water? Our Gas Safe engineers cover Lincoln and the villages around it, day and ...
Checks
- The title is cut off. It's about 3 characters too long, so put the words that matter most at the start.
- The description fits on a computer. Phones cut it shorter, so the first 120 characters or so should make the point.
The HTML
<title>Emergency Plumber in Lincoln | 24-Hour Callouts | Example Plumbing</title> <meta name="description" content="Burst pipe or no hot water? Our Gas Safe engineers cover Lincoln and the villages around it, day and night, for one fixed callout fee. Call now.">
Paste these into your page's <head>, or into the SEO title and description boxes in your website editor.
How Google cuts them
Pixels, not characters
Google cuts titles when they run out of room on the line, not after a set number of characters. A title of thin letters like "l" and "i" fits more than one full of "W"s and "M"s. On a computer a title gets about 600 pixels, which is usually 55 to 60 characters.
Descriptions get two lines on a computer
Google usually shows up to about 155 characters of description on a computer and about 120 on a phone. Longer ones are cut with "...", so put the part that wins the click first.
Google can rewrite them
Google uses your title most of the time, but it can show different text if your title is missing, very long, stuffed with keywords or doesn't match the page. Descriptions are rewritten more often, especially when they're short or don't answer the search.
Measured in Arial
Google's results are set in Arial, so this preview measures your text with Arial's real letter widths. That makes the cut land in the same place on any device, even ones without Arial installed.
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Questions about titles and descriptions
How long should a title tag be?
Short enough to fit in about 600 pixels on a computer, which is usually 50 to 60 characters. Put the most important words first: what you do, then where, then your business name.
How long should a meta description be?
About 120 to 155 characters. Phones show around 120 characters and computers around 155, so the first part should make sense on its own.
Do titles and descriptions affect rankings?
The title is one of the strongest signals of what a page is about, so it helps rankings. The description doesn't affect rankings directly, but a good one gets more people to click, and that's the point of ranking.
Why does Google show a different title from mine?
Google rewrites titles it thinks don't describe the page well: ones that are missing, too long, repeat keywords or are the same on every page. Write a clear, unique title for each page and it will usually be used.
Why does my result show my domain rather than my business name?
Google shows a site name when your site tells it one, usually through WebSite structured data on your homepage. Without that, it shows your domain.
Is anything I type here sent anywhere?
No. The preview works entirely in your browser, and nothing you type is sent to us or to Google.
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