The “…” shows where Google would cut the text on desktop.
Your device doesn’t have Arial or a metric-compatible font, so pixel widths are estimates.
Runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to DanialTV.
Why pixels, not characters
Google cuts titles by how much space they take, not by how many letters they have. A “W” is about three times wider than an “i”, and capital letters are wider than lowercase. That’s why the usual “keep it under 60 characters” rule fails in both directions. I measured these titles in Arial 20px, the font Google uses for desktop titles:
| Title | Characters | Width | On desktop |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress Will Not Load? Fix White Screen in 5 Minutes | 54 | 505 px | Fits |
| MOBILE WEBSITE OPTIMIZATION: WHAT MATTERS MOST IN 2026 | 54 | 625 px | Cut |
I ran my own site through it first
Before publishing this tool, I checked the titles on this site. Two of them failed:
| Page | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| WordPress migration case study | “Migrate WordPress Without cPanel (wp-admin Only): My Case Study” – 610 px, cut | “Migrate WordPress Without cPanel: My wp-admin-Only Method” – 561 px, fits |
| Telegram account deletion guide | “How To Delete Telegram Account Permanently? (Delete Telegram account)” – 665 px, cut | Being rewritten with the 2026 update of the post |
Both had the same problem: a part in parentheses added at the end. Parentheses are also one of the things Google rewrites most, so I removed them instead of shortening the main phrase.
How the checker measures
- Fonts: titles in Arial 20px, descriptions in Arial 14px, as Google’s desktop results render them. Your browser does the measuring with its own font engine, so the numbers match what you would see on that device.
- Limits: 580 px for titles and 920 px for descriptions (about two lines). Google doesn’t publish these numbers; they come from measuring live results, so treat 560–580 px as a risk zone. The meter turns amber there.
- Where the “…” goes: the preview cuts at the last whole word that fits, the way Google does.
- Privacy: everything runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere. Your last title and description are kept only in your own browser so they are still there when you come back.
What makes Google rewrite a title
A title that fits can still be replaced. In Zyppy’s study of Google title rewrites, Google changed about 61% of titles. The checker flags the patterns with the highest rewrite rates:
| Pattern | Rewrite rate |
|---|---|
| Very short or very long titles | Over 95% |
| Square brackets [ ] | 77.6% |
| Parentheses ( ) | 61.9% |
| Pipe separator | | 41% |
| Dash separator – | 19.7% |
| 51–60 characters | Lowest of all lengths |
The same study found that titles matching the page’s H1 were rewritten less. So before you publish, check that your title and your H1 say the same thing.
Checking a whole site at once
Switch to Bulk check and paste one page per line as Title | Description, or paste two columns copied from Google Sheets or Excel. You can export titles and descriptions from your SEO plugin or a crawler such as Screaming Frog. The checker handles up to 500 rows, and Copy results as CSV gives you a sheet you can sort by status.
FAQ
How long should a title tag be?
Under about 580 pixels on desktop, which is usually 50–60 characters of normal mixed-case text. Write it for the reader first; the pixel limit only tells you where Google will stop showing it.
Is a cut-off title bad for rankings?
Truncation itself isn’t a penalty. The problem is what searchers see: if the part that answers their question is behind the “…”, fewer of them click. Long titles are also far more likely to be rewritten.
Why does Google show a different description?
Google picks the snippet that best matches each search, so it often uses text from the page instead of your meta description. A clear, specific description that summarizes the page is the one it keeps most often.