Search result preview
Write the title and the description Google shows, and see exactly how they will look — before the page goes live.
- It all happens here
- Every part runs in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded, and it works with the internet off.
- No account, ever
- No sign-up, no email address, no trial that turns into a bill.
- Yours to use
- Nothing watermarked, nothing limited to a preview.
What the page is
Both of these are shown in search results.
Put the thing somebody would search for near the beginning, so it survives being shortened.
Nothing yet — an empty title means the search engine writes one for you.
Write it as an advert, not a summary. It does not affect your ranking — it decides whether the person who already found you clicks.
Nothing yet — an empty description means the search engine writes one for you.
Where it lives
Shown on the social card above the title.
In a search result
bellacafe.example › menu
Your page title goes here
The couple of lines underneath. This is your advert — say what somebody gets, not what the page contains.
Approximate — Google rewrites descriptions when it thinks another part of your page answers the search better. That is normal, and usually an improvement.
When somebody shares it
Your share image goes here — 1200 × 630
bellacafe.example
Your page title goes here
The couple of lines underneath. This is your advert — say what somebody gets, not what the page contains.
Without an image, most apps show a bare link or grab whatever picture is nearest the top of the page. The share image maker builds a proper one.
The code
Paste this inside the <head> of the page.
<title>Your page title</title>
<meta name="description" content="">
<link rel="canonical" href="https://bellacafe.example/menu">
<!-- What appears when the link is shared -->
<meta property="og:title" content="Your page title">
<meta property="og:description" content="">
<meta property="og:url" content="https://bellacafe.example/menu">
<meta property="og:type" content="website">
<meta property="og:image" content="https://bellacafe.example/share-image.png">
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">No keywords tag. Search engines stopped reading it many years ago after it was abused into meaninglessness, and every tool that still emits one is padding.
What this is, if you have never had to think about it
Most people arrive here having been told they need one of these, without being told what it is. Nothing below assumes you already know.
The two lines that decide whether anybody clicks
A search result is a blue heading and a couple of lines of grey text. Those come from your page’s title tag and its meta description. You get to write both. Most sites leave them to chance, which is why so many results read "Home | Untitled" followed by a fragment of a cookie banner.
How long is too long
Google measures by width in pixels rather than by counting characters, so there is no exact limit — but titles are usually cut off somewhere around sixty characters and descriptions around a hundred and sixty. Put the important part first. A title that reads well truncated is better than a clever one that gets sliced in half.
The description does not affect ranking. Write it anyway
Search engines have said for years that the description is not a ranking factor, and this gets repeated as "so it does not matter". It decides whether the person who already found you actually clicks — which is the entire point of ranking in the first place. Write it as an advert, not a summary: say what somebody gets, not what the page contains.
Questions people ask
That little grey line is your shop window.
Get Found writes one for every page you publish, finds the pages you forgot, and tells you which searches are actually bringing people in — instead of leaving you to guess at a hundred pages by hand.
