Meta Title & Description Optimizer
Write titles and meta descriptions that fit. Live character and pixel counts show you what Google keeps and what it cuts, with guidance as you type.
Free to use. Enter your email once to copy or download. Runs entirely in your browser.
Check your meta tags
Paste your title tag and meta description. The meters on the right update live with character and pixel counts, pass or warn states, and short tips. Nothing is sent anywhere: this runs entirely in your browser.
Live analysis
Aim for 50 to 60 characters and under ~580 to 600px.
Aim for 120 to 160 characters and under ~920px.
Your meta tags
Paste this into the <head> of the page it describes.
Why meta title and description length matters
Your title tag and meta description are the first thing a searcher reads about your page. When they run too long, Google cuts them off mid sentence, and a truncated line reads as careless and wins fewer clicks. When they run too short, you leave room on the table that a competitor will use to make a stronger case.
A meta description length checker keeps you in the range Google tends to show in full. The ideal title tag length is roughly 50 to 60 characters, and the ideal meta description length is roughly 120 to 160 characters. Staying inside those bands means the whole message survives, on desktop and mobile.
Length is not the goal on its own. A tag that fits but says nothing useful still fails. Use the space you have to name the page clearly and give a real reason to click.
Google truncates by pixels, not characters
Character counts are a useful guide, but Google actually cuts titles and descriptions by pixel width. Wide letters like W and M take more space than thin ones like i and l, so two titles with the same character count can be trimmed differently. That is why this title tag length checker measures both.
As a working rule, keep the title under about 580 to 600 pixels and the description under about 920 pixels. The pixel meter above flags when you cross those budgets, even if your character count still looks safe.
Put your most important words, including your focus keyword, near the front. Leading placement survives truncation and reads first, which helps both search engines and the person deciding whether to click.
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Want this done for your whole site, and tracked over time?
This checker gets one page's title and description into range. Ranking across a whole site, and staying there as Google and AI answer engines change, takes content, structure, and tracking working together. On a discovery call we map that for you.
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