See your page the way Google shows it
Type your title and description below. This measures the real pixel width Google uses, so you can see exactly where your text gets cut off — on desktop and on a phone.
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The title tag — the blue link in Google. On most platforms this is a separate field from your product name.
The grey text under your link. Not a ranking factor, but it decides whether anyone clicks.
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How to write a title and description that earn the click
Google measures pixels, not characters
The advice to keep titles under 60 characters fails because Google never counted characters. It measures how wide your text renders in its own font, then cuts it when the space runs out. A title full of wide letters like W and M gets truncated around 52 characters. One full of narrow letters like i and l survives past 65. Same rule, twenty-character difference.
That is why this tool measures the rendered width rather than the length. What you see in the preview is where Google will actually cut, in the same font, at the same size, for the device you have selected. Around 600 pixels on desktop and 490 on mobile is your working space.
The title tag is not your product name
These are separate fields on almost every platform, and most store owners never touch the second one. Leave it empty and your platform generates one for you, usually the product name with your store name bolted on the end. That default wastes the most valuable space you have.
Where to find the field on each platform:
- Shopify: edit the product, scroll to Search engine listing, click Edit
- WooCommerce: the SEO Title field in Yoast or Rank Math, below the editor
- BigCommerce: edit the product, then the SEO tab, Page Title
- Wix: Pages & Menu, select the page, SEO Basics
- Squarespace: page settings, the gear icon, then SEO
- Webflow: Page Settings, then SEO, Title Tag
What a good title looks like
Put the words people search at the front. If you sell merino socks, lead with "Merino Wool Socks", not with your brand. Brand belongs at the end, where losing it to truncation costs you nothing and where it still appears for anyone already looking for you.
- 1Lead with what the thing actually is, in the words a buyer would type
- 2Add the detail that separates it from the other results: a size, a material, a pack count
- 3Put your brand last, after a pipe or a dash
- 4Check the pixel width above, on both desktop and mobile
- 5Rewrite anything that gets cut mid-word
The description does not rank you, it gets you clicked
Meta descriptions have not been a ranking factor for years, and that leads people to ignore them. But it is the two lines a shopper reads before deciding between you and the result above yours, so it decides your click-through rate even when it decides nothing about your position.
Leave it empty and Google writes one, usually by grabbing whichever sentence on the page matches the search. Sometimes that is your shipping policy.
- Say something the result above yours does not say
- Front-load it, because the end is what gets cut
- Write for the person, not the algorithm; this is not a ranking factor
- Do not repeat the title word for word, it wastes the space
- One description per page: duplicates across products are worse than none
Check the phone before you publish
Mobile gives you less room for the title but shows a third line of description, so a title that fits on a laptop can be cut on a phone while its description gains a line. Google indexes the mobile version of your site first, which makes that the view that decides how most people see you.
Switch between the two above before you save anything. It takes a second, and it is the difference between a result that reads as a complete sentence and one that stops mid-word.
Google may rewrite what you wrote
It happens on roughly a third of results. Google substitutes its own title when it thinks different wording matches the search better, usually pulling from your H1 or from text on the page. You cannot switch this off.
What you can do is give it less reason to. Titles that are clear, specific, and sized to fit are rewritten far less often than ones that are vague, stuffed with keywords, or cut off mid-phrase. A truncated title is an invitation for Google to write its own.
Common questions
Why does Google cut off my page title?
Because it ran past the pixel width Google allows, about 600 on desktop and 490 on mobile. Character count is not the measure: wide letters like W and M use far more room than i and l, so two titles of the same length can behave differently. Paste yours above to see exactly where it cuts.
Do mobile and desktop results really look different?
Yes. Mobile allows a narrower title but shows a third line of description. Since Google indexes the mobile version of a site first, that is the view most worth checking.
Does the meta description affect my rankings?
No. It has not been a ranking factor for years. It affects whether anyone clicks your result, which affects how much traffic your ranking is actually worth.
Why is Google showing a different title from the one I set?
Google rewrites titles when it believes another wording better matches the search, often taking your H1 instead. It cannot be prevented, but a clear, specific title that fits the space is rewritten far less often than a vague or truncated one.
Do I need an account to use this?
No. Nothing is sent anywhere and nothing is stored. The preview is calculated in your browser as you type.
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