Free SERP Snippet Preview
See roughly how your page will appear in Google results on both desktop and mobile, with a gauge showing where your text runs out of room.
Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded
Desktop
example.com
example.com
Your page title appears here
Your meta description appears here. If you leave it empty, Google writes its own from the page content.
A good length for the space available.
A good length for the space available.
Mobile
Where most searches happen, and where less fits.
example.com
example.com
Your page title appears here
Your meta description appears here. If you leave it empty, Google writes its own from the page…
A good length for the space available.
A good length for the space available.
The markup
<title></title> <meta name="description" content="" />
How to use this tool
- Type or paste your title, URL and meta description.
- Check the mobile preview as well — that is where most searches happen and less fits.
- Adjust until the gauges are green and nothing important is cut off.
- Copy the markup into your page head.
What is SERP Snippet Preview?
The snippet is your advert in the search results, and it is competing against nine others on the same page. Whether someone clicks yours often comes down to whether the promise is clear before the text is cut off.
Truncation is by pixel width, not character count. A title in capitals or full of wide letters gets cut far sooner than the same number of narrow lowercase characters, which is why a character counter alone gives you the wrong answer.
Best practices
- Front-load the important part; the end of a snippet is the part that disappears.
- Write for the person, not the algorithm — the description is not a ranking factor.
- Keep titles near 580 pixels, roughly 55 to 60 average characters.
- Make sure the snippet matches what the page actually delivers.
- Check the mobile view, where less fits than most people expect.
Frequently asked questions
Why does Google show something different from my tags?
Google rewrites titles and descriptions when it judges another phrasing better matches the query — it does this for a substantial share of results. A clear, accurate, well-sized snippet reduces how often that happens, but nothing prevents it.
How accurate is the pixel estimate?
It is an estimate from a per-character width table, close enough to write against but not exact. Google uses its own font at its own size, and that rendering is not something a web page can reproduce precisely.
Related tools
Want this done properly on your site?
These tools handle the checks. If you would rather someone did the work — the audit, the fixes and the content — that is what I do.
Results are provided for informational purposes and may vary depending on the website, browser, network and available data.