My meta description gets cut off
A description that ends mid-sentence reads broken and wastes your pitch. Check the real cut-off and rewrite to fit.
Google shows roughly 150–160 characters of a meta description on desktop (less on mobile) and truncates the rest by rendered width. Paste your title, URL and description into a pixel-accurate SERP preview to see exactly where the snippet is clipped, then tighten the copy until the full pitch fits. Everything runs in your browser.
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Each one is free, private and runs in your browser. No sign-up, no watermark.
Google SERP Preview
Preview exactly how your page appears in Google search (desktop and mobile) as you type your title, URL and meta description, with live pixel-width truncation warnings. Nothing is uploaded.
Meta Tag Generator
Generate perfect SEO meta tags, Open Graph and Twitter Card markup with a live Google snippet and social-card preview, copy the ready-to-paste <head> code, 100% in your browser.
Meta Tag Analyzer
Paste a page's HTML to audit its title, description, canonical, robots, Open Graph and Twitter Card tags: with a length score, missing/duplicate checks and a live search & social preview, 100% in your browser.
How to fix it
Follow these steps and you'll have it sorted in a couple of minutes.
- 1
Open the Google SERP Preview
Type your title, URL and meta description. A faithful Google snippet renders live for desktop and mobile, measured by pixel width, the way Google actually truncates.
- 2
Spot the cut-off
The preview flags the exact point the ellipsis would appear on each surface, with a live length and pixel readout and green/amber/red guidance.
- 3
Rewrite to fit
Lead with the benefit and the keyword, keep it specific to the page, and trim until both previews show the full description.
- 4
Copy the optimized meta block
Copy the ready-to-paste meta tags into your page's <head>. Analyze an existing page first with the Meta Tag Analyzer if you're auditing.
- Writing one description for every page, duplicates get ignored or rewritten by Google. Each page needs its own.
- Counting characters only: 160 characters of wide letters can still truncate. The pixel preview is the real test.
- Front-loading fluff (“Welcome to our website…”) so the actual pitch is exactly what gets cut off.
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Ran into one of these too? Here's the fix.
- Google cuts off my page titleA title that trails off into “…” buries your keyword and loses the click. The steps to see the real cut-off point and fix it.
- My site has no meta tags or preview when sharedA blank preview costs you clicks. Add the right tags so Google and social show a proper title, description and image.
- I want to check my page's SEO and meta tagsSee your page the way Google and social platforms do, then fix the missing title, description or heading structure.
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