How to Preview Your Google Search Snippet Before Publishing
A search snippet is your page's shop window. Preview it before publishing and fix truncations while they are cheap to fix.
What is the Google SERP Preview?
The SERP Preview renders your listing the way Google typically shows it — blue title link, green URL and grey description — with character counts and warnings for over-length fields.
How to use it
- Type your title, URL and description.
- Click Preview snippet.
- Trim anything flagged as too long.
Worked example
A 58-character title and 150-character description preview cleanly with no warnings.
Why does my snippet look different in real search?
Google rewrites titles and descriptions to match queries. A good preview still catches length problems and missing information early.
Frequently asked questions
Is this exactly how Google will show my page?
No — Google may rewrite titles and descriptions. This shows your supplied text as it would typically appear.
Why does Google rewrite snippets?
To better match the search query, often pulling text from the page itself.