Google Pixel SERP Snippet Preview
Google Snippet Preview
Measure title and meta description width in pixels and preview how a Google result may look on desktop or mobile.
Metadata and local images stay in your browser. The URL is sent to ITSEO only to find the site favicon.
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The indicator follows the space actually available in the selected preview and its line wrapping. Google has no fixed title or description length and may rewrite either text.
Simulation only. Actual Google layout, title, snippet, date, rating, and image can differ.
Frequently asked questions
Does Google actually use this exact title and description?
Not always. Google and Yandex reserve the right to replace the given title and description with a fragment of the page's own text if they judge it a better answer to the user's query. The simulator shows what your version will look like if the search engine decides to use it unchanged – it is not a guarantee of the final display. So the snippet in real results can differ from the preview, and that is not a sign of a mistake on the page.
How should a title and description be written so they don't get cut off?
Put the most important information at the start of the title – it will stay visible even if the rest is cut off. Don't repeat the brand name if the title is already long – it is often added automatically. Check both modes, mobile and desktop – the width of the visible area differs noticeably.
Does the simulator show Yandex's results, or only Google's?
The preview modes are calibrated for Google. The truncation rules and line width in Yandex are different, so for an accurate check against Yandex the result should be treated as a rough guide only.
Does a rich snippet (rating, date) affect the text length?
Extra elements – a rating, a publication date, an image – take up part of the snippet's visual space in the results, which can make the description text itself display shorter than it would without them.
Is there a hard character limit for Title and Description?
There is no hard limit in characters – there is a limit in pixel width, which varies depending on which letters are used. The character count is only a rough guide, not an exact rule.
Enter the URL, Title and Meta Description of a page-to-be – the tool shows how they will look in Google's search results and measures the width of each element in pixels, with a switch between desktop and smartphone modes.
What the simulator shows
- Title. With a width measurement and an indicator for wrapping or truncating the line.
- Description (Meta Description). The same, accounting for real line breaks in the selected preview mode.
- Page address. How the URL looks in the snippet under the title.
- Device mode. Separate calibration for desktop and smartphone – the width of the visible area is different.
Why length is measured in pixels, not characters
Search results cut off a title and description by the width of the line, not by the number of characters. A title made of wide letters – "W", "M", capitals – takes up more room and gets cut off sooner than a title of the same length made of narrow characters like "i" or "l". That is exactly why the "60 characters for a title" rule of thumb is only approximate: a specific piece of text can get cut off both before and after that mark.
What's next
The meta tag generator is a convenient way to put together ready title and description wording, and the length of the description text can be estimated in advance with the character counter – keeping in mind that here it is the width that matters, not the exact character count.