Meta Title Length Checker
Check a page title against the length search engines actually display.
What you provide
How this calculation works
The tool counts the characters in your title and estimates its rendered width in pixels, because that is what search engines truncate on — a title of narrow letters fits more than one of wide letters. It flags titles likely to be cut off and those with room to spare.
What the results mean
- Characters
- The exact count. The 50–60 range is a useful target, but it is a proxy for the real limit, which is width.
- Estimated width
- An approximation of how wide the title renders. Search results cut off around 600 pixels. This is an estimate, since exact widths depend on the font and characters.
Common problems and fixes
- Google is showing a different title from mine
- It rewrites titles when it judges yours a poor match for the query — commonly when the tag is keyword-stuffed, when it duplicates across the site, or when the page's h1 describes the content better. The reliable fix is a title that plainly describes the page, since a rewritten title is usually a signal the original was not doing that.
- The brand name is eating the space
- Put it at the end, after a separator, where truncation costs you nothing important. On a well-known brand it is worth including; on an unknown one it is spending pixels a reader gains nothing from. Some sites drop it entirely on deep pages and keep it only on the homepage and section hubs.
- The title fits but reads awkwardly
- Then it is too long for its content rather than too long for the limit. A title padded to fill 60 characters reads worse and performs worse than a short, clear one — there is no benefit to using the available width. Write the clearest description of the page and check it fits, not the other way round.
Frequently asked questions
Why do character-count limits vary between SEO tools?
Because the real limit is pixel width, and every tool approximates it differently. A title of 60 narrow characters fits where 55 wide ones do not. Treat any character count as a guide and check the estimated width, which is closer to how truncation actually works.
What happens if my title is too long?
Search engines cut it off with an ellipsis, usually mid-word. The fix is to front-load the important words so they survive, and move anything optional to the end where losing it does not matter.
Is the title tag a ranking factor?
Yes, though a modest one, and it matters more for what it does to click-through. Its real job is to tell a person scanning ten results that yours answers their question. Keyword stuffing works against both purposes: it reads badly to a human and it is one of the main triggers for a search engine rewriting your title.
Should the title match the h1?
They should agree without being identical. The h1 speaks to someone already on the page, while the title speaks to someone deciding whether to visit and may reasonably carry the brand or a qualifier. A large mismatch between them, though, is one of the signals that leads to a title being rewritten in results.
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