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Google SERP Preview

Enter a URL and see how its page is likely to appear in Google. The tool reads the page’s title, meta description, canonical URL, site name and favicon and draws the result on desktop and mobile, cutting the title and description by measured pixel width like Google does. If the description is missing, it shows the kind of text Google may pick from the page instead. Edit the title and description below the preview to try alternatives and copy the finished HTML.

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How to use Google SERP Preview

  1. Enter the page URL (or paste its HTML).
  2. Click “Preview in Google”.
  3. Edit the title and description to try versions.
  4. Copy the HTML for your page.

Google SERP Preview features

Live page data

Title, description, site name, favicon.

Pixel truncation

Desktop 580 px titles, 920 px descriptions.

Desktop and mobile

Side by side.

Live editing

Try alternatives instantly.

Checks

Length, noindex, duplicates, H1.

Copy HTML

Title and meta description tags.

When to use Google SERP Preview

  • Rewriting titles that get cut off.
  • Improving click-through on key pages.
  • Checking site name and favicon setup.
  • Presenting snippet options to clients.

Google SERP Preview FAQ

Will Google show exactly this?

Not always. Google rewrites many titles and snippets to match the search, and changes its layout. The preview shows what your tags produce when Google uses them.

How is the length measured?

In pixels, using Arial at Google’s sizes, because Google truncates by width, not characters. Wide letters like W fill the space faster than narrow ones like i.

Where does the site name come from?

From WebSite structured data or og:site_name, otherwise the domain – the same sources Google uses.

How is this different from the SERP Snippet Preview?

That tool previews text you type; this one starts from a live page and its real tags.

SERP Snippet Preview Write titles and meta descriptions that fit. Type your title, description and URL… Meta Title Length Checker See whether your titles fit in Google’s results before they are cut with “…”.… Meta Description Length Checker Check whether your meta descriptions fit in the search snippet. Enter one… SEO Content Analyzer Check how well a page’s content is set up for readers and search engines. The… WebSite Schema Generator The WebSite markup on your home page tells Google what to call your site in search…

Getting your snippet right

The title and description are your page’s advert in the search results. A title that is cut in the middle of the key phrase or a description that ends mid-sentence wastes that space.

Google uses the title tag in most cases but may replace it when it is missing, too short, stuffed with keywords or does not match the page. Clear, specific titles that describe the page are rewritten least often.

A missing meta description is not an error – Google then picks text from the page – but a well-written one gives you control over the message for the most important searches.

Privacy: the address you enter is fetched by our server only to run this check. The downloaded HTML is passed to your browser for analysis and is not stored, and the results are not saved on our side. Requests are rate-limited to keep the service fair for everyone, so if you check many pages in a row you may need to wait a few minutes.

Limits: pages are read up to 2 MB of HTML, redirects are followed up to eight hops and each request has a short timeout. Pages behind a login, servers that block automated requests and content added only by JavaScript cannot be analysed this way; for those, copy the page source from your browser and use the paste option where it is available.

Tip: fix the problems marked red first, because they matter most. Yellow warnings are worth reviewing but are often harmless in context, and blue notes are information. After a change, run the check again to confirm the result – search engines pick up the change on their next visit to the page.

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