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Meta Title & Description Checker
See exactly how a page's title and description will look in a Google search result, on both desktop and mobile, before you publish.
Typical Desktop Result
Typical Mobile Result
The Basics
What are title and description tags?
The title tag and meta description are the two HTML tags that control what most people see first about your page: the blue link and the summary text under it in search results. Google can rewrite either one if it thinks a better match exists on the page, but a clear, well-sized title and description make that far less likely.
<title>The headline shown as the clickable blue link in search results and in the browser tab.
meta descriptionThe summary shown under the title. It does not affect ranking directly, but it drives click-through rate.
canonicalThe URL Google should treat as the definitive version of the page, shown in the breadcrumb above the title.
robotsControls whether the page can be indexed at all. A noindex value here means it will not appear in search results.
Before You Ship
Get it right before you publish
Keep the title tag under about 60 characters on desktop and 78 on mobile so it does not get cut off with an ellipsis.
Keep the meta description under about 160 characters on desktop and 120 on mobile for the same reason.
Put the most important keywords and the page's purpose near the start of the title, since that is what gets read first.
Write a description that reads like a reason to click, not a keyword list. Google will often ignore a stuffed description.
Make sure every important page has a unique title and description. Duplicates confuse both users and search engines.
Check the page is not accidentally set to noindex before you spend time polishing copy no one will see.
Why It Matters
Why check before you publish
Catch truncated titles before Google does
A title that reads perfectly in your CMS can still get cut off mid-word once Google renders it in a real result.
Improve click-through without touching rankings
The snippet is often the deciding factor between two similar results. A clearer title and description win more clicks at the same position.
Compare desktop and mobile in one view
Mobile allows a longer title but a shorter description. Most pages are written for one and break on the other.
Spot indexing problems early
A noindex tag left over from staging is one of the most common reasons a page silently disappears from search.
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