Free tool
SEO title and meta description checker
Paste a title tag and a meta description. You get a character count, a range check, and a preview of how the pair reads in a result. Nothing is sent anywhere. The check runs in your browser.
Lead with the entity and the intent. Brand goes last if it goes in at all.
0 characters. Target 30 to 60. Too short. You are leaving retrievable context on the table.
Answer the query in the first clause. Do not repeat the title.
0 characters. Target 70 to 155. Too short. You are leaving retrievable context on the table.
Result preview
lingows.com
Your title tag appears here
Your meta description appears here. Write the answer, not a slogan.
Pixel width varies by device and by the words themselves, so treat the character range as a guardrail rather than a rule. Search engines also rewrite descriptions when the page answers a query better than the description does. Write the page first.
How long should a title tag and meta description be?
Aim for 30 to 60 characters on a title tag and 70 to 155 on a meta description. Search engines truncate on pixel width rather than characters, so treat those ranges as guardrails and put the important words first.
- Front-load the entity and the intent. Anything after the first 40 characters may not survive.
- A description is a sales line for a click, not a keyword container. Write the answer.
- Search engines rewrite descriptions often. A better on-page answer is what stops that.
How to use it well
Three passes, not one
First pass, write the title without looking at the counter. Say what the page is and who it is for. Second pass, cut every word that is not doing work. Third pass, check the counter and the preview together. If the tail is cut and nothing important is lost, the title is fine.
Do the same for the description, but start from the question the page answers. If the first clause does not answer it, rewrite the clause. That single habit does more for click-through than any length rule.
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