Meta & Headline Generator
Google truncates search results by pixel width, not by character count — so every tool that counts characters is measuring the wrong thing. This one measures the real width as you type, against 600px for the title and 920px for the description.
Why it's different
Not by a little. Two titles of identical length can differ by well over a hundred pixels, which is the difference between a line that reads cleanly and one that ends mid-word.
The other thing worth knowing: the front of the line is what survives. Put the specific thing first and the business name last, because if anything gets cut, that's the end.
If you got here from the website audit telling you a title was too long, this is where to fix it. If the deeper problem is that nobody's searching for the thing the page is about, that's SEO & local visibility work.
Common questions
Because that's what Google does. It cuts the line when it runs out of room, and “Illinois plumbing inspections” takes far less room than the same number of capital Ws. A character counter will tell you a 55-character title is safe when it's already being cut, and that a 62-character one is too long when it fits fine.
No. Two caveats, both real. Google rewrites titles it judges unhelpful, whatever length they are — a title that fits is not a title that gets used. And the preview measures in Arial at Google's desktop sizes, which is close to their rendering but not identical. Treat the cut-off point as a good guide, not a guarantee.
No. The drafts are four title shapes and two description shapes filled in with what you typed — the specific thing first, the business name last, because the end of the line is what gets cut. It's formatting, not writing, and it's meant to be edited.
No. The tool runs entirely in your browser and makes no request that carries anything you typed — paste in unpublished page copy if you want to. Being exact, since we're inviting you to check: the page loads the same anonymous page-view counter as every other page on this site, so the network tab will show one script. It records that the page was opened and never sees these fields.
Beyond the tags
Titles decide whether people click. What happens after the click is a different problem, and usually the more expensive one.
Fixed price agreed before work starts. No hourly billing, no surprises.
