SERP Snippet Preview
Preview how your title, URL and description appear in Google results.
Titles and descriptions shown in Google results get truncated with an ellipsis (…) once they exceed a fixed width. A truncated snippet loses the keywords that earn the click, which hurts your click-through rate (CTR). This SERP snippet preview takes your title, display URL and description and renders a card resembling a desktop Google result, so you can see exactly how it will look before publishing.
Google decides truncation by pixel width, not character count. So the same number of characters can truncate at different points depending on narrow letters (i, l) versus wide ones (W, M), and on whether the text is Latin or CJK. This tool estimates the title limit (~580px) and description limit (~920px) using approximate weights of ~16px per CJK character, ~8.5px per Latin character and ~5px per space, and warns you when text is cut off.
| Title width | 306 px |
|---|---|
| Title limit | 580 px |
| Description width | 750 px |
| Description limit | 920 px |
* Pixel widths are approximate and may differ from Google's actual rendering.
Length limits for title and description
The approximate single-line width Google uses on desktop results is shown below. Exact values vary with font rendering and device, so this tool uses a conservative approximation.
- Title: ~580px, truncating near 60 Latin characters (or ~30 CJK characters).
- Description: ~920px, truncating near 155 Latin characters (or ~80 CJK characters).
- Mobile results are narrower, so text that fits on desktop may still be cut off on mobile.
How to avoid truncation
- Put your most important keyword and brand name at the front; the tail is the most likely to be cut.
- If you append
| Brandat the end of the title, keep the length short enough that the keyword stays visible. - Lead the description with a clear call to action and your core value, weaving keywords in naturally.
- Compare a few variants in the preview and choose the one with no truncation warning.
To check the title and description lengths more precisely in pixels, pair this with the meta title length checker and the meta description length checker.
When Google rewrites your text
Google does not always display your page's <title> and meta description verbatim. Depending on relevance to the query and your page content, it may rewrite the title or show a snippet pulled from the body. Treat this preview as a baseline of how things may appear, and keep your underlying content quality high as well.