SEO Character Counter
Write your title tag and meta description: the tool counts the characters, measures the width in pixels the way Google does, and shows a live preview of the search result.
The preview reproduces the desktop display: title in Arial 20 px truncated at 580 pixels, description in Arial 14 px truncated at 990 pixels. Everything is computed in your browser, nothing is sent to a server.
Tags calibrated to the exact pixel, just like in the search results
The title tag and the meta description are a page's shop window in Google: they are what earns the click. Yet the search engine does not count characters, it measures a display width: beyond roughly 580 pixels for the title and 990 pixels for the description, the text is cut and replaced by an ellipsis. This tool applies exactly the same rule, with the same font, and shows you live what searchers will see: text in green when everything fits, in red as soon as the cut looms.
All the processing happens in your browser, with no data sent anywhere, in line with our privacy policy. To go further, the word counter analyzes the body of your pages, the slug generator turns your titles into clean web addresses and the sitemap extractor lists every page of a site to audit.
Frequently asked questions
Why measure in pixels rather than characters?
Google does not cut titles and descriptions after a fixed number of characters: it truncates them when they exceed a display width, roughly 580 pixels for the title and 990 pixels for the description on desktop. A title full of wide letters like M or W will therefore be cut sooner than one made of narrow letters. The pixel measurement, done here with the same font Google uses (Arial, 20 px for the title and 14 px for the description), is the only reliable indicator.
What limits should I aim for on the title and description?
Aim for a title under 580 pixels, which in practice means 50 to 60 characters, and a description under 990 pixels, roughly 150 to 160 characters. Staying under these thresholds guarantees that your message appears in full in the search results, without an ellipsis hiding the end of the sentence and weakening the incentive to click.
Does Google sometimes rewrite the title or description?
Yes, regularly. If your title tag is too long, vague or far removed from the query, Google may replace it with other text from the page, often an H1 heading. Likewise, the description shown is sometimes an excerpt of the content judged more relevant to the search. Well-calibrated tags that stay true to the content and under the width limits remain the best way to be displayed as written.