SERP snippet preview
See exactly where Google will cut your title and description — measured in pixels, not characters.
Runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you paste is uploaded or stored.
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What this tool does
It renders your title and description with the same font metrics Google uses and shows where the text stops fitting. The bars fill as you type: grey while there is room to spare, amber as you approach the edge, red once the snippet is cut.
Both devices matter because they cut differently. A desktop title gets one wide line; a mobile title gets two narrower ones. A title that looks fine on a laptop can lose its ending on the phone, where most searches happen.
How to write a snippet that survives
Put the payload first. Truncation always eats the tail, so the last thing you write is the first thing you risk. If the brand name matters less than the promise, it belongs after the dash.
Do not repeat what the URL already says. The result shows the domain and path above the title. Spending title space on words already visible in the breadcrumb wastes the widest line you get.
Write the description as an offer, not a summary. It sits under a title that already explains what the page is. Its job is the reason to click: what is free, what needs no signup, what the person gets in ten seconds.
Give every page its own. Identical descriptions across a section are one of the strongest triggers for Google to write its own instead.
Questions
Why measure pixels instead of counting characters?
Google cuts snippets by rendered width, not by character count. A title of 60 narrow characters like "illicit filtering limits" fits comfortably, while 60 wide ones like "WORLDWIDE WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT" overflow. Character advice is a rough proxy for what this tool measures directly.
What are the actual limits?
In practice a desktop title has about 600 pixels on one line and a description about two lines of the same width. On mobile the column is narrower, roughly 490 pixels, but titles get two lines and descriptions three. Google adjusts these regularly, which is why the preview shows both devices side by side.
Google rewrote my title anyway. Why bother?
Google replaces titles on a large share of results, usually when the title is stuffed with keywords, is identical across many pages, or does not match the page content. A clear, page-specific title that fits is the version most likely to survive.
Does the description affect rankings?
Not directly — it is not a ranking factor. It affects how many people click a result that already ranks, which is the part you control from here.
Is my text sent anywhere?
No. Measurement happens in your browser with a canvas element, and nothing you type is transmitted or stored.