SEO & Website Tools
Meta Tags Checker — Title, Description & All Meta Tags by URL
Fetch any live URL and list its title tag, meta description and every meta tag on the page — with instant length verdicts for search display.
Open toolSERP Preview Tool
Before a page ever ranks, its search result is an advert you write yourself: the blue title, the URL and the two-line description. This free SERP preview tool shows you exactly how that advert will look in Google — on desktop and on mobile — while you write it. Type your title tag, page URL and meta description and watch the preview update live, with character counts and true pixel widths (Google truncates by pixels, not characters, which is why wide letters like W run out of room sooner). Fix an over-long title or a description that ends mid-sentence here, not after Google has already shown it to searchers.
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Google may rewrite titles and descriptions when it thinks it can do better for a specific query — a clear, accurate preview like this is still your best chance of keeping your own wording.
How to use this tool
- Type your title tag and watch the previews update.
- Check the pixel width — Google truncates by pixels, not characters.
- Write the meta description and check both counts.
- Paste the URL to see the breadcrumb as searchers will.
Worked example
A 78-character title that ends '…Best Pizza in Aust…' gets trimmed in the preview to fit 580 px before the page is ever published — keyword first, brand last.
Frequently asked questions
How long should a title tag be — characters or pixels?
Google displays roughly the first 580 pixels of a title on desktop, which usually works out to 50–60 characters — but characters are not equal: "W" is about three times wider than "i". That is why this tool measures real pixel width with the same technique Google effectively applies. A title around 50–55 average characters with the keyword early and the brand last is the safe pattern; longer titles are not penalised, just visually cut with "…".
How long should a meta description be?
Aim for 150–160 characters on desktop (around 920 pixels) and know that mobile shows less — roughly 120 characters. Google does not use the description as a ranking factor, but it strongly influences whether searchers click, and text written beyond the display limit is simply not shown. Put the benefit and the call to action in the first 120 characters so both desktop and mobile readers see the complete pitch.
Why does my real result look different from this preview?
Google personalises and rewrites results: it may pull a different heading from your page as the title, build the description from body text containing the searcher's terms, add dates, prices, ratings (from structured data) or sitelinks, and it shows different truncations per device. The preview shows your declared title and description rendered faithfully — the version Google starts from, and the one shown when your tags match the query well.
What makes a search result get clicked?
The title promises exactly what the page delivers, with the main keyword near the front; the description adds a specific benefit, a proof point or number, and a gentle call to action ("see the menu", "get a free quote"); the URL breadcrumb is short and readable. Rich extras — stars, prices, FAQs — come from structured data, which the schema generator on this site can build for local businesses.
Related tools: audit a live page's real tags with the meta tags checker, or check its full on-page SEO with the website SEO analyzer.