The "Title" and the "Description" are the most important pieces of text that let search engines and users understand a website's page content.
The "Title" and the "Description" are the most important pieces of text that let a website's page content be understood by search engines and users.
Used correctly, the meta title and meta description tags contribute to a website ranking at the top of search engines.
The first texts users encounter in search engine queries shape their first impression of the page content. As in everything, that first impression can play a big part in whether the website is clicked. You should therefore prepare the title and description tags you use for your website with care.
What is in this article?
- How Many Characters Should a Title Be for SEO?
- How Many Characters Should a Description Be?
- How Do You Check the Title and Description?
How Many Characters Should a Title Be for SEO?
For correct use, the title should be at least 30 and at most 60 characters long.
How Many Characters Should a Description Be?
For correct use, the description should be at least 70 and at most 155 characters long.
How Do You Check the Title and Description?
To check a page's title and description:
- Open the relevant page in the Google Chrome browser
- Right-click and select "view page source".
- You can look at the text between the title and description tags visible in the source code.
