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Fix page title length
Search engines truncate title tags at roughly 50-60 characters (about 600 pixels) when rendering results, and titles under about 10 characters usually mean a missed opportunity to communicate what the page is about. Staying within a sensible range keeps the title fully visible and meaningful.
Why it matters
Titles that are too short waste an opportunity to describe the page, and titles that are too long get truncated with '...' in search results, hiding the message you're trying to send.
How to fix
- 1 Rewrite the title to fall within roughly 10-65 characters.
- 2 Front-load the most important keywords or brand information.
Common mistakes
- Stuffing the title with every target keyword, pushing it well past the truncation point so the important part gets cut off.
- Appending a long, repeated site-name suffix to every page title, eating into the budget available for page-specific content.
- Optimizing purely for character count without checking that the title still reads naturally to a human.
How to verify
- 1 Measure the title length and confirm it falls within roughly 10-65 characters.
- 2 Preview the title in a SERP-simulator tool to see whether it gets visually truncated.
- 3 Read the title as a searcher would and confirm it clearly conveys the page topic.
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