Meta Tag Generator
How it will look in Google
How it will look when shared
Your meta tags
Writing a title that survives Google
Google shows about 600 pixels of title on desktop, which is roughly 55 to 60 ordinary characters — but only roughly, because a title full of capitals and wide letters runs out of room far sooner. The meters here measure the actual rendered width, so what you see is what will fit.
What makes a description worth writing
- Say what the reader gets, not what the page is. "Resize a photo to an exact KB" beats "Our image tool".
- Put the important words first — the end is what gets cut.
- One clear sentence, sometimes two. Padding to hit a character count helps nobody.
- Make each page's description different. Duplicates across a site are a wasted opportunity.
The tags this generates
- title and meta description — what search engines show.
- Open Graph — the card on Facebook, LinkedIn and WhatsApp.
- Twitter card — the card on X.
- canonical — which URL is the real one when several show the same page.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Because Google truncates on rendered width, not character count. "Illinois" and "lllllllll" are both nine characters but nowhere near the same width, so a character limit is only ever a rough guide.
Google cuts desktop titles at roughly 580 to 600 pixels and descriptions at about 920. The bars here turn amber as you approach and red once you pass, using the same fonts Google renders in.
Not always. It rewrites the snippet for around two thirds of results when it thinks page text answers the query better. A good description still matters — it is what shows when Google does use it, and it shapes the click.
Open Graph covers Facebook, LinkedIn, WhatsApp and most others. X reads Open Graph too, but its own tags let you control the card type, so both are generated here.
1200 by 630 pixels, under about 5 MB. Smaller images get shown as a small square thumbnail instead of the wide card, which is far less noticeable in a feed.
No. Google has ignored it since 2009 and it does nothing but tell competitors which terms you are targeting. It is deliberately left out here.