SERP Snippet Preview
Enter a meta title and description to see a Google-style search snippet preview with character and pixel-width counts. Everything stays in your browser.
How to Use the SERP Snippet Preview
Type a URL, title and description—the preview, character counts, and estimated widths update live. The 600px title marker and 920px description marker are comparison guides used by this tool, not limits published by Google.
Use this before publishing a blog post, documentation page, product page or tool page to check whether the search result still communicates the page clearly after truncation. The preview is an approximation, but it catches titles that are too vague, too long or missing the page's main keyword.
Example
Enter the title "Discount Calculator — Get the Sale Price - Benri.dev" and the description "Enter a price and a discount rate to see the sale price and how much you save. Free, no sign-up.". The preview shows a blue title link with the gray description below it, the way a real result looks, and both counters stay under the limit so nothing turns red. Load the "Long title" example to see how an over-length title gets cut off with an ellipsis.
What to Check
- The title names the page or tool directly instead of using a vague slogan.
- The description summarizes the task, output and privacy promise in plain English.
- The important words appear before likely truncation points on mobile and desktop.
Why there is no universal character limit
Google Search Central says meta descriptions have no fixed length limit and are truncated as needed to fit the device. Snippets are primarily generated from page content and can change with the query; Google only sometimes uses the meta description. See Google’s official snippet documentation (last checked July 14, 2026).
This tool estimates width with a simple full-width versus half-width heuristic. It does not reproduce Google’s exact font, bold query terms, dates, site name, favicon, mobile layout, or rich results. After publishing, compare the real search appearance and Search Console performance.
Use the OGP & Meta Tag Generator for social-sharing cards, or the Character Counter for body text.