What is the ideal title tag length?

Aim for 50 to 60 characters. Google truncates titles at around 600 pixels, roughly 60 characters at typical letter widths, so anything longer risks being cut mid-phrase in the results. Titles under about 15 characters are rarely descriptive enough to tell a searcher what the page delivers.

Why did Google change my title tag in search results?

Google rewrites the displayed title a large share of the time, most often when the written title is too long, keyword-stuffed, or a poor match for the query someone typed. Keeping the title inside the length limit, genuinely descriptive, and with the primary term near the front is the best way to keep the title you wrote.

Does the meta description affect rankings?

No, not directly. It functions as the ad copy for your search result: a clear, specific description that gives a searcher a reason to click improves click-through on a position you already hold, which is a real effect even though it is not a ranking factor itself.

Why is my Open Graph image not showing when I share a link?

The most common cause is a relative og:image path. Social platforms fetch the image from their own servers, so the URL must be absolute, such as https://yoursite.com/image.jpg, not /image.jpg. The image should also be at least 1200 by 630 pixels and reachable without a login.

Can I check meta tags without an account?

Yes. Paste any URL and the instant check reads its title, meta description, canonical, viewport and Open Graph tags on the spot, free and with no signup. Crawling your whole site to find missing or duplicate tags across every page needs a free account.

Meta Tag Checker - Title, Description & OG Tags

Meta Tag CheckerTitles and descriptions that earn the click.

Title, meta description, canonical, viewport and Open Graph tags: present, sized right, unique across pages and describing what’s actually on the page.

Last reviewed · 1 Oct 20265 primary sources →Kalenux engineering

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01Titles are the main source of title links

Google generates the title link in results automatically, using the <title> element as a main source alongside headings and other signals [1].

It recommends descriptive, concise titles that are unique for each page, and warns against keyword stuffing and boilerplate repeated across pages [1].

KEY FACTGoogle sets no fixed title length. Long titles are simply truncated in results to fit the device width [1].

02Descriptions can be rewritten

Google may use the meta description as the snippet when it describes the page better than on-page text, but it chooses the snippet per query [2].

Unique, specific descriptions for each page give Google a better option to use [2].

03The tags Google actually reads

Google documents the meta tags it supports, including robots, googlebot, description, viewport and charset[3]. Tags outside that list are ignored.

Robots directives such as noindex, nosnippet and max-snippet follow a published specification [4].

04The keywords tag does nothing

Google confirmed in 2009 that it doesn’t use the keywords meta tag in web ranking [5]. The checker notes it but doesn’t score it.

References

[1]Influencing your title links in search results · Google Search Centraldevelopers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/title-link
[2]Control your snippets in search results · Google Search Centraldevelopers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/snippet
[3]Meta tags and attributes that Google supports · Google Search Centraldevelopers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/special-tags
[4]Robots meta tag, data-nosnippet and X-Robots-Tag specifications · Google Search Centraldevelopers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots-meta-tag
[5]Google does not use the keywords meta tag in web ranking · Google Search Central Blog, 2009developers.google.com/search/blog/2009/09/google-does-not-use-keywords-meta-tag

CITE THIS PAGEKalenux. (2026). Meta tag checker: titles, descriptions and robots tags. Kalenux SEO Guide. Last reviewed 1 Oct 2026. kalenux.com.tr/seo-meta-tag-checker

Meta Tag CheckerTitles and descriptions that earn the click.

Your title and description are your ad.

Everything in your <head> is talking to someone.

How long is too long?

What Google documents about meta tags.

01Titles are the main source of title links

02Descriptions can be rewritten

03The tags Google actually reads

04The keywords tag does nothing

References

Keep checking.

Meta Tag CheckerTitles and descriptions that earn the click.

Your title and description are your ad.

Everything in your <head> is talking to someone.

Shared links are a second first impression.

How long is too long?

What Google documents about meta tags.

01Titles are the main source of title links

02Descriptions can be rewritten

03The tags Google actually reads

04The keywords tag does nothing

References

Keep checking.