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Free SERP Snippet Preview
Write a title and a description and see them as Google shows them, on desktop and on a phone, with the cut where it really falls, measured in pixels. The site name and favicon row, the domain and breadcrumb, a date, your query in bold. A rewrite check from the studies of what Google changes: too long, a pipe, brackets, a year the H1 lacks, a repeated brand. Pull the current tags from a page, check thirty pages at once, copy the finished tags. No sign-up.
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Desktop 600 px column · title on one line
Phone domain only · title on two lines
Google publishes no limits; it cuts to the device width. The cut-offs here are measurements with Google's fonts, last checked .
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How to use it
See the cut before you publish
Type, or pull from a page
The title, the description and the URL; the query whose words Google will bold; the site name that shows above the title. "Pull from a page" fetches what the page has now, with its H1 for the rewrite check and its favicon for the preview.
Read the two previews and the bars
Desktop cuts the title on one line and the description after two; a phone wraps the title to two lines, shows three lines of description and drops the breadcrumb. The bars show the pixels used against the measured limits, and name the word the cut falls after.
Fix the flags, copy the tags
The rewrite check names what Google tends to change: length, a pipe, brackets, a year the H1 lacks, a repeated brand. Copy the title, description and Open Graph tags into your CMS, then compare the click-through rate in Search Console four weeks later.
Built forOne page's rewriteThe low-CTR fixA sheet of 30 titlesShopify, Wix and static sites without a plugin
Quick answer
What is a SERP snippet preview?
A SERP snippet preview shows how a page's title and description will look in Google's results before you publish them: the blue title line, the grey description, the site name and favicon above, the domain below, cut where the screen ends. Google sets no character limit; it cuts each line to the device width, so the tool measures in pixels with Google's fonts, for desktop and mobile. Google also rewrites six to seven titles in ten, so the tool flags what the studies found gets rewritten: titles over 60 characters, pipes, brackets, years the H1 does not carry, a repeated site name.
Pixels, not characters
The limits are measurements
| Line | Desktop | Mobile | Roughly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | About 600 px, one line, Arial 20 px | About 360 px wide, wraps to two lines | 50 to 60 characters of normal text |
| Description | Two lines in the 600 px column, Arial 14 px | Three lines | 150 to 160 characters |
| Above the title | Favicon, site name, domain › breadcrumb | Favicon, site name, domain only (since 23 January 2025) | Site name from WebSite markup; favicon 48 px or more, square |
Last checked 20 October 2026. Google states no limit for either line and cuts "as needed, typically to fit the device width"; it changes fonts and column widths now and then, so the tool carries the date of its last measurement. W and M are wide, i and l are narrow: two 60-character titles can differ by 100 pixels.
Why Google rewrites titles
What the studies found
| In the title | Rewritten | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| 51 to 60 characters | 39 to 42%, the lowest band | Aim here |
| Over 60 characters | Over 76% | Cut a word |
| Over 70 characters | 99.9% | Cut it in half |
| 20 characters or fewer | Over 50%; 1 to 5 characters 96.6% | Say what the page is |
| A pipe as the separator | 41%, against 19.7% for a dash | Use a dash |
| Brackets | 77.6%; the bracketed text removed 32.9% | Drop them |
| A number the H1 lacks | The number dropped 25.8%; kept 97.3% when the H1 has it too | Match the H1 |
| The site name twice, boilerplate, a repeated keyword, an obsolete year | On Google's own list of causes | Once, specific, current |
Zyppy's 2022 study covered 80,959 titles on 2,370 sites and found 61.6% rewritten; a Q1 2025 sample reported by Search Engine Land found 76%. Descriptions are replaced about as often (Ahrefs: 62.78% of desktop snippets differ from the meta description), usually with page text that matches the query better. A specific description with a real detail is used more.
FAQ
Questions people ask
How long should a title tag be?
Google sets no limit and cuts to the screen: about 600 pixels on desktop, 50 to 60 characters of normal text. Titles of 51 to 60 characters were rewritten least.
How long should a meta description be?
No limit either. About two lines in the 600 pixel desktop column, roughly 150 to 160 characters; a phone shows three lines.
Why does Google show a different title?
It rewrites 60 to 76% of titles: too long, a pipe, brackets, a year, a repeated brand, or a title that does not match the page or the H1.
Why is my meta description not showing?
Google picks page text that matches the query better in about six of ten cases. A specific description with a real detail is used more; a keyword list or a single phrase is used less.
Pixels or characters?
Pixels. Google uses a proportional font, so wide letters use more room. The tool measures with the same fonts.
Does the title show differently on a phone?
Yes: it wraps to two lines, the description shows three, and the breadcrumb is gone, only the domain shows.
What is the site name above the title?
It comes from WebSite structured data on the home page, then og:site_name and the headings. The favicon beside it needs a square icon of 48 pixels or more. Our Schema Markup Generator writes the WebSite block.
Does the title tag affect rankings?
It is one of the clearest hints about what the page is for. The description is not a ranking factor; it wins the click.
Should the brand go first or last?
Last, after a dash. Google may drop it when the site name already shows above the title.
Should I put the year in the title?
Only if the H1 has it too and you update it. Obsolete years are on Google's list of rewrite causes.
Can I stop Google rewriting my title?
No, but a clear 51 to 60 character title that matches the H1, with a dash and no brackets, is rewritten least.
Where do I copy the tags to?
WordPress: the SEO plugin's title and description boxes. Shopify: the page's search engine listing. Wix: the page's SEO panel. Static HTML: the head. The Open Graph tags go beside them for WhatsApp and LinkedIn previews.
Keep going
More free tools and guides
- Meta Tag Analyzer: what a page outputs today, with the social card, and a link back here to edit it.
- Heading Structure Checker: the H1 the title should match.
- Keyword Suggestions: the query to write the two lines for.
- Titles and descriptions (Beginner, chapter 7) and the 20-minute page fix (Intermediate, chapter 7).
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