SERP simulator: your page on Google and social

Google doesn’t truncate by character count but by width. An “M” takes up almost three times as much space as an “i”, so two 60-character titles may or may not fit. As a guide on desktop:

• Title: about 580 pixels. Between 30 and 60 characters usually fits. Under 30, you’re wasting room to explain the page.
• Meta description: about 920 pixels, two lines on desktop, between 70 and 160 characters. On mobile, fewer words fit per line.

How to write a good title

• Put what people search for first and the brand last: “Web Design for Small Businesses in Barcelona · Example Studio”.
• A different title on every page. If they all start the same way, they look like the same page on Google.
• No repeating words to pad it out: it doesn’t help, and Google may rewrite the title.

Why Google sometimes rewrites your title or description

Google may show a different title if it thinks yours doesn’t describe the page well: if it’s very long, repeats words or is the same on many pages. It explains this in its documentation on title links. It happens more often with the description: Google picks the snippet of the page that best answers each search. A clear, unique title that fits makes rewrites less likely.

Many SERP simulators count characters and give you a fixed number (55, 60, 70). They warn you too late or too early, depending on the letters you use. This one measures each text with the font and size Google uses on desktop, and truncates at a whole word with “...”, as the search engine does.

It also reads the live page: you don’t have to copy the title and description, and you see the Google preview and the card on four social networks side by side, with the image’s real dimensions. What you type by hand never leaves your browser.