SERP Preview Tool

Type a title, meta description and URL and see how the result could look in Google on desktop and mobile. The preview measures pixels the way Google's layout does, cuts long text with an ellipsis, bolds your keyword and gives you the HTML tags to paste.

Free, no sign-up. Everything runs in your browser.

Check Google SERP titles and descriptions before you publish

The fields start with an example. Replace it with your own page and the preview, the pixel counters and the notes update as you type.

Desktop:

Mobile:


          

Desktop preview

Title ~600 px, description ~920 px

Mobile preview

Title ~600 px, description ~680 px

Notes

    Free meta description generator

    Pick the kind of page and get three meta descriptions built from fixed templates, your keyword, your title and your domain, each trimmed to fit about 920 pixels. This is a template filler, not AI: edit every suggestion so its claims match the page.

    How this SERP preview measures pixel width

    Google cuts titles and descriptions by width, not by character count. A title of capitals and wide letters such as W and M runs out of room long before one made of i, l and t, so a 60 character limit is only a rough guide. This tool measures your text with your browser's canvas in Arial, the font Google uses for results, at 20px for the title and 14px for the description. If your device has no Arial or a font with the same widths, it falls back to Arial's published character widths, so the numbers stay the same on every device.

    The limits it applies are approximations of what Google shows today, not numbers Google publishes:

    • Title: about 600 px on desktop. On mobile Google wraps titles over up to two lines, and this preview uses the same 600 px budget there.
    • Description: about 920 px on desktop (two lines) and about 680 px on mobile.

    When text is too wide, the preview cuts it at the last whole word that fits and adds " ...", as Google does. Turn on bolding with your main keyword to include the extra width of bold matches.

    A SERP simulator for desktop and mobile, with honest limits

    Google rewrites a large share of titles and even more descriptions. For titles it often uses the main heading or a shorter part of your title tag, and for descriptions it usually picks the sentence on the page that best matches the search. So a SERP simulator shows what your own tags would look like when Google uses them. It cannot promise that Google will.

    What makes Google keep your title: one clear title per page, written for the person searching, close to the page's H1, without a list of keywords or the same boilerplate on hundreds of pages. What makes it keep your description: a summary of what this specific page offers, with the words people search for, in one or two sentences.

    Real results also carry a site name, a favicon, sometimes a date, star ratings or sitelinks, and those change how much room the text gets. Treat a snippet right at the limit as at risk on some screens and put the words that matter first.

    Next step: see the CTR you actually get for these pages

    A preview tells you whether a snippet fits. Search Console tells you whether people click it. The free CTR Opportunity Analyzer compares the click-through rate of each of your pages with what pages at the same position usually get, so you know which titles and descriptions to rewrite first.

    GSC Wizard is free for the 7-day trial, no credit card needed, then from €17 a month.

    SERP preview FAQ

    How many characters can a Google title have?

    Google does not cut titles at a character count. It cuts them when they no longer fit the width of the result, which on desktop is about 600 pixels at 20px Arial. That is usually 50 to 60 characters, but a title full of narrow letters such as i, l and t fits more, and one with capitals, m and w fits fewer. That is why this SERP preview tool measures pixels and shows the character count only as a guide.

    How long should a meta description be?

    Long enough to say what the page offers and why to click, which is usually one or two sentences. Google shows roughly 920 pixels of description on desktop (about 150 to 160 characters) and roughly 680 pixels on mobile (about 120 characters), so put the main point in the first sentence. These are observed cut-off points, not limits Google publishes, and Google often shows a different snippet that matches the query better.

    Why does Google show a different title than the one I wrote?

    Google writes its own title link when it thinks your title tag describes the page poorly: when it is very long, stuffed with keywords, the same on many pages, or different from the main heading. Google says it uses the title tag most of the time but also uses headings, anchor text and other text on the page. A preview shows what your tags would look like when Google uses them, not a guarantee that it will.

    Is this SERP simulator accurate for mobile?

    It is an approximation. The mobile preview uses the same 600 pixel title budget as desktop and about 680 pixels for the description, the cut-off points most often observed on phones. Real results also vary with screen width, site name and favicon, dates, rich results and the fonts on the device, so treat a snippet that sits right at the limit as at risk on some screens.

    Does the meta description generator use AI?

    No. The free meta description generator fills a few fixed templates per page type with your keyword, title and domain, and trims each one to fit about 920 pixels. They are starting points: edit them so every claim matches what the page really offers, because a description that promises something the page does not have costs you the click it earned.

    Does bolding the keyword change the width?

    Yes, slightly. Google bolds words in the description that match the search, and bold letters are wider, so a description that just fits can be cut once a query bolds a few words. Turn on the bold option with your main keyword to see that effect in the pixel count.

    Is what I type sent anywhere?

    No. The preview, the pixel measurement and the description templates all run in your browser tab. Nothing you type is sent to GSC Wizard or anyone else.

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