Meta Title Checker
Meta Title Checker is a free tool that reads the title of any public page and tells you, by pixel width, whether Google will cut it off in search results.
- Free
- No sign-up
- Checks a live page
The title tag is the blue line people click in Google results. This checker fetches any public page, shows you its title, and tells you whether Google will cut it off — measured by pixel width, which is how Google actually decides, rather than by counting characters.
Your workspace
Guide
How to use it
- 1Paste the address of the page you want to check. Any public page works, including a competitor's.
- 2Press Check this page. We fetch it once and read the title straight from the HTML.
- 3Look at the width. Anything over about 580 pixels gets replaced with an ellipsis in search results.
- 4If it is too long, move the important words to the front and cut the rest.
What the results mean
- Characters
- How many letters are in the title. Useful, but not what Google measures — which is why two titles of the same length can behave differently.
- Approximate width
- Our estimate of how wide the title renders in pixels. Google cuts at roughly 580. Capital letters and wide letters like M and W eat the budget fastest.
Common questions
How long should a title tag be?
There is no character limit — there is a width limit of about 580 pixels. In practice that is roughly 55 to 60 ordinary characters, but a title in capitals may be cut at 40, and a title full of narrow letters may survive past 65. That is why this tool measures width rather than counting.
Why does Google show a different title from mine?
Google rewrites titles when it thinks its own version serves the searcher better — usually when the title is too long, stuffed with keywords, or identical across many pages. Writing a clear, specific, unique title is the best way to keep yours.
Should I put my business name in the title?
On the home page, yes. On service pages, put what the page is about first and the business name last, because the part that gets cut off is the end.
Can I check a page on someone else's website?
Yes. This reads the same public HTML your browser reads, so any page you can open, you can check.