Free Google SERP Preview Tool
Type a title, meta description and URL to see how your result will look in Google on desktop and mobile — and whether it gets cut off.
Google sometimes shows a date before the description on articles.
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Stop waiting weeks for Google to find your content. Submit new URLs automatically and see which pages are indexed.
Widths are measured in your browser with the same font Google uses. Google may still rewrite titles and descriptions — this shows how yours would look if it doesn't.
A great snippet only helps once the page is in the index
After you update a title or description, Google has to re-crawl the page before anyone sees the change. IndexBoost spots updated pages and resubmits them for you, so new snippets go live sooner.
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Writing snippets people click
Google truncates by pixels, not characters
A title full of wide letters like W and M runs out of room sooner than one with lots of i's and l's. That's why the pixel meter matters more than the character count.
Put the important words first
If something has to get cut, make it the brand name at the end rather than the keyword at the start. Readers scan the first few words before deciding to click.
Write the description like an ad
The meta description isn't a ranking factor, but it's your pitch. Say what the page gives the reader and why it's worth the click — a short benefit beats a keyword list.
Expect Google to rewrite sometimes
Google regularly swaps in its own title or pulls a description from the page body when it thinks something else matches the query better. Titles that accurately describe the page tend to be left alone.
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