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Meta Title Checker
Check a page's title tag for presence and optimal length.
Enter a URL to check its title tag for presence and optimal length (30-60 characters recommended).
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What Is the Meta Title Checker?
The title tag is the clickable headline in search results and the text in the browser tab. This tool fetches a page and checks that it has a title and that its length is in the recommended 30-60 character range.
When to Use It
- When writing or reviewing page titles.
- When Google shows a different headline than you set.
How to Use It
- Enter the page URL.
- Read the title and its length.
Understanding the Result
Put the main topic near the start and make each page's title unique. Titles longer than about 60 characters are often cut off in search results.
Limitations
Google may rewrite titles it considers unhelpful. Preview the result with Meta Tags Preview.
Frequently Asked Questions
Roughly 50-60 characters is the commonly cited safe range - search engines display a limited pixel width, not a fixed character count, so titles using wider characters may truncate slightly sooner than the character count alone suggests.
Search engines typically truncate the displayed title in search results (often with an ellipsis), and may sometimes rewrite it entirely using their own judgment of what best represents the page - neither outcome is fully within your control once truncation occurs.
Technically yes, but this is a significant missed opportunity - without one, search engines often generate a title from the page's own content, which is unpredictable and rarely as effective as one you've deliberately written.
Yes - duplicate titles across multiple pages make it harder for search engines to understand what distinguishes each page, and can dilute ranking potential for pages that should otherwise be independently competitive.
Placing your primary target keyword earlier in the title is generally considered to carry slightly more weight than the same keyword appearing near the end, though natural, readable phrasing should take priority over rigid keyword-first formatting.
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