Google SERP Preview
Preview how your title and description will look in Google search results.
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Google SERP Preview shows roughly how a page's title, URL and meta description might look as a Google search result, before you publish. It helps you spot a title that will be cut off, a description that trails away mid-sentence, or a URL that looks untidy next to competitors.
Fields and what the preview shows
Fill in Page title, URL and the meta description in the main box, then press Preview. You get a result card with the URL in grey, the title in link blue and the description underneath, plus two counters: title length out of 60 and description length out of 160.
Both parts are cut at those limits: the title after 60 characters and the description after 160. Because the counters measure the text after cutting, anything over the limit simply shows as 60/60 or 160/160. If you see a full counter, check the original length and trim the words that dropped off.
Example: a title that runs long
The title "Home Loan EMI Calculator - Check Monthly EMI, Interest and Full Schedule" is 72 characters. The preview cuts it to "Home Loan EMI Calculator - Check Monthly EMI, Interest and F" and the counter reads 60/60. A shorter version, "Home Loan EMI Calculator: Monthly EMI and Interest" at 50 characters, fits in full and still contains the terms people search for. The 127-character description "Calculate your home loan EMI in rupees with a month-by-month schedule. Enter the amount, rate and tenure to see total interest." fits easily at 127/160.
Why real results can look different
- Pixels, not characters. Google truncates by display width, so the character limits here are approximations. A title packed with wide letters like W and M gets cut sooner than one with narrow letters like i and l, and mobile results use different widths again.
- Rewritten titles. Google creates the title link from several sources, mainly the title tag but also headings and other prominent text, and may change a title that is too long, stuffed with keywords or doesn't match the page.
- Rewritten descriptions. For many searches Google shows a snippet taken from the page text that matches the query better than your meta description.
- Layout details. Live results also show the site name, a favicon and a breadcrumb-style URL, and may add dates or other information. This preview shows the URL exactly as you typed it.
Writing a title and description that survive
- Put the main topic in the first 40 or so characters, so it stays visible even if the end is cut.
- Keep the brand name at the end, separated by a pipe or dash, where losing it costs least.
- Make the description a genuine summary of the page with a reason to click, such as a free calculator, an example or a downloadable schedule.
- Give every page its own title and description; duplicates across pages make it harder for searchers to tell them apart.
When the text looks right, the Meta Tag Generator turns it into ready-to-paste HTML, and the Open Graph Generator covers how the same page appears when shared on social media.