Google SERP preview
Google clips titles and descriptions by pixel width, not character count, so character limits lie. Enter your title, URL and meta description and see exactly where your snippet truncates on desktop and mobile.
How to use
- Enter the page title, URL and meta description you plan to publish.
- Run the preview and compare the desktop and mobile renderings.
- Watch for the truncation badges: anything clipped is invisible to searchers.
- Shorten or front-load the important words and re-check until nothing truncates.
Frequently asked questions
Why pixels instead of character counts?
Google renders results in a proportional font and clips at a fixed pixel width: roughly 580px for desktop titles and 990px for desktop descriptions. A title of 60 wide characters (lots of W and M) truncates sooner than 60 narrow ones (lots of i and l). This tool measures width the same way.
How accurate is the truncation?
The tool estimates rendered width with an Arial character-width model at the sizes Google uses (20px titles, 14px descriptions). It matches real SERP clipping closely, though Google occasionally rewrites titles and descriptions entirely.
What is a good title length?
Whatever fits in about 580px, usually 50 to 60 characters. Put the words a searcher scans for first, because anything past the clip point might as well not exist.
Why does mobile show more text?
Mobile results wrap titles to two lines and descriptions to about three, so the pixel budget is larger even though the screen is narrower. The preview models both budgets.
Does Google always use my meta description?
No. Google rewrites descriptions for many queries when it thinks on-page text matches better. A description that directly answers the query intent survives rewriting far more often.