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Free meta & social preview generator

Type a title and description, watch the Google result and the social card update as you go, and see exactly where Google would cut you off — measured in real pixels, not guessed from characters.

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What shows as the blue link in search results and the bold line on a social card.

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Paste a draft, or use the assistant below to build one from your page content.

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Approximate — matches the widely used ~600px title / ~920px description desktop reference points. Google's real cutoff varies by device and font.

Mobile cuts tighter than desktop — if most of your traffic is mobile, aim well under the limit rather than right up to it.

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THE 400-WORD GUIDE

How to write a meta description in 2026

Google rewrites the meta description for roughly 60–70% of results — but the pages that keep theirs share the same habits. The tag doesn't move rankings; it moves clicks. On a page-one result, the difference between a vague snippet and a specific one is often one to two points of CTR. That's free traffic, earned in 155 characters.

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Front-load the keyword and the point

Google bolds words that match the query, and mobile cuts the snippet around 120 characters. Put your primary keyword and the core promise in the first 100 characters.

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Write to 105–155 characters

The real limit is pixels, not characters — about 920px on desktop, less on mobile — which lands near 155 characters in normal English. Under ~105, the snippet looks thin and invites a rewrite. Truncated mid-word looks worse than short.

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Lead with a verb, promise an outcome

"Generate", "Compare", "Fix", "Download" outperform "This page is about…". Describe what the reader walks away with, in the words they searched.

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Match the page, not the wish

If the description promises a free template and the page is a sales pitch, readers bounce back to results — and Google learns to rewrite you.

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One unique description per page

Duplicates are wasted tags: Google ignores them and pulls page text instead. Hand-write your top pages; generate the long tail from a template with real variables.

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Generate 3 meta descriptions in seconds with this free meta description generator. Live character counts, keyword placement, copy-paste ready. No signup.
✓153 chars — fits under the cut
✓keyword in the first clause, bolded by Google
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✗232 chars — cut at ~920px, mid-word
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TOOL FAQ

Fair questions

Does Google rewrite meta descriptions?
Most of the time — studies consistently land around 60–70% of results. But rewrites usually happen when the tag doesn't match the query, and your hand-written tag stays the default for your most important queries. It's still the highest-leverage 155 characters on the page.
What's the ideal meta description length?
About 105–155 characters. The true limit is pixel width — roughly 920px on desktop, less on mobile. Under ~105 the snippet looks thin and is more likely to be replaced. The Short (120) preset above targets mobile-heavy pages.
Do keywords in the meta description affect rankings?
No — Google confirmed as far back as 2009 that the meta description isn't a ranking signal. Keywords still matter for a different reason: words that match the query get bolded in results, and that bolding measurably lifts click-through.
Do I need a unique meta description on every page?
Every page you want to rank, yes. Duplicated descriptions get ignored — Google pulls page text instead — so a copied tag is worse than none. On large sites, hand-write the top pages and template the rest with real variables.
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