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Free SEO tool
Title and meta description checker
Paste your title and description and get an instant verdict: good, too short, or too long. Simple, but it is the check most pages fail.
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The lengths that actually work
A title tag wants to be roughly 30 to 60 characters. Under 30 and you are usually leaving out words people search for. Over 60 and the end starts to get cut off in the results. A meta description wants to be roughly 120 to 158 characters. Too short wastes the space Google gives you to win the click. Too long and the tail gets trimmed, often taking your best line with it.
These are guides, not laws. Google measures by pixel width, so a title of 58 narrow characters can fit while 55 wide ones do not. If you want the pixel-accurate view with a live Google preview, use our snippet preview tool. This checker is the quick version: paste, glance at the colour, move on.
Why length is worth two minutes of your time
Title tags and meta descriptions are the highest-leverage words on any page. They do not take long to write, they sit in one place, and they directly change how many people click through from search. A page can rank well and still get few visitors because its title reads like a filing reference. Fixing that costs nothing and needs no developer.
The most common problems we see are duplicated titles across many pages, titles that are just the business name with no search term, and descriptions left blank so Google invents one from whatever text it finds first. All three are quick to fix once you can see them. Run your important pages through this checker, then confirm they read well in the snippet preview, and you have covered the two on-page basics that move the needle fastest.
Common questions
What is the ideal title length?
About 30 to 60 characters, but pixel width is the real limit. Keep your main keyword near the front so it is not the part that gets cut off.
What happens if my meta description is too long?
Google trims it with an ellipsis, usually around 155 to 160 characters on desktop. Anything after that, including a call to action at the end, may not be shown.
Do meta keywords still matter?
No. The meta keywords tag has been ignored by Google for many years. Spend the effort on a good title and description instead.
Should every page have a unique title and description?
Yes. Duplicates confuse search engines and waste the chance to target different searches. Our SEO score checker flags duplicate and missing tags across a page.
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Further reading
- Google Search Central: snippet and description guidance ↗How Google builds the description shown in results.
- Google Search Essentials ↗The baseline Google expects every page to meet.
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