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Preview how your title and meta description will look in Google search results.
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Title: 283px · Description: 602px
This tool renders a mockup of how your title, URL, and meta description will approximately appear in a Google search result, plus an estimated pixel-width truncation warning (Google truncates by pixel width, not character count).
Enter your page URL, title tag, and meta description. The live preview and truncation estimates update instantly.
Google commonly truncates titles around ~600px and descriptions around ~920px on desktop. This tool estimates rendered width using an average-character-width heuristic for Google's search font -- a close approximation, not pixel-perfect.
You fill in three fields: the page URL, the title tag and the meta description. The preview shows the URL in small grey text, the title as a blue link-style line and the description underneath, laid out in a box about 600 pixels wide. Below it, the tool reports an estimated pixel width for the title and for the description, and adds a red warning when either passes its limit: about 600 pixels for the title and about 920 pixels for the description. The buttons at the bottom copy or download a plain-text summary that includes those pixel figures and whether each part is likely truncated, and Clear empties all three fields.
The tool does not measure real font metrics. It assigns each character an approximate width in Google's search-result font: 4 pixels for narrow characters (i, I, l, period, comma, apostrophe, exclamation mark and the vertical bar), 4 for a space, 11 for m, M and W, 8.5 for other capital letters, and 7 for everything else, including digits and most punctuation. The widths are summed and rounded. It is a fast, sensible approximation, but it is not a browser measurement, so treat results near the limit as uncertain by a few percent.
The default title, "Free Online Tools & Calculators | Plinzo Tools", is 46 characters and comes out at about 283 pixels, well inside the limit. A 70-character title in normal mixed case such as "Best Running Shoes for Flat Feet: Tested and Reviewed by Podiatry Fans" measures roughly 459 pixels, still under 600. Capitals widen things quickly: the all-caps title "BEST RUNNING SHOES FOR FLAT FEET 2026 GUIDE" is only 43 characters but already about 319 pixels, and a long all-caps title can hit the limit at far fewer characters than mixed case. For descriptions, the default 96-character example measures about 602 pixels, so you would have room for roughly another 300 pixels of text before reaching the 920 limit.
Draft your snippet here before publishing a page. Put the words that matter most to searchers near the start of the title, since truncation removes the end. Check that the description reads as a complete thought even if it is cut off, and that it gives a reason to click, such as what the reader will get. When comparing variants, keep the same keyword but try different wording and see how the width changes. A title only slightly over the limit can often be fixed by dropping a separator or a brand name rather than rewriting from scratch.
Google decides what to show, and it often rewrites titles and builds its own descriptions from page text to fit the search query. Mobile results have different width limits and use a different layout, and this preview covers only the desktop layout. Rich features such as star ratings, sitelinks, dates and images are not shown. If a preview looks perfect but the live result differs, that is normal; after publishing, check the real listing in Search Console and adjust based on what actually appears.
Characters vary in width (an "i" is much narrower than a "W"), so Google's actual truncation point varies by which characters you use -- pixel-width estimation is more accurate than a flat character count.
It's a close approximation -- Google may also rewrite your title/description entirely based on the page content and search query, which this preview can't predict.
Search results are truncated by rendered width, and letters vary in width. A title full of narrow letters can fit more characters than one full of capitals, so pixels give a more realistic indication.
No. It is an approximation of the desktop layout. Google may rewrite the title, choose a different description, or change the layout with rich results.
The mockup shows the full description text and flags in red when the estimated width passes about 920 pixels, so you can see the whole text and still know whether it is likely to be truncated.
It copies a plain-text summary with the title and its pixel width, the URL, and the description and its pixel width, including a note when either is likely truncated.
Reference: Google Search Central