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Free Meta Description Checker

Check whether your meta description is too short, too long, or missing critical terms before publishing.

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Meta Description Checker

Check meta description length, pixel fit estimate, and keyword presence.

Meta Description Checker

Validate length, keyword presence, and truncation risk for SEO meta descriptions.

Meta description

Target keyword (optional)

Status: Optimal

Length is in the recommended range.

Analysis report

{
  "length": 150,
  "words": 18,
  "pixelWidth": 1050,
  "status": "optimal",
  "keywordFound": true,
  "keyword": "brand visibility",
  "recommendation": "Length is in the recommended range."
}

How it works

Meta Description Checker: methodology and worked example

How this tool computes its result

Pure analysis of pasted description text, no generation involved. Length is `trimmed.length`; word count splits on whitespace; `pixelWidth` is a flat estimate of `length * 7` (not proportional to actual glyph widths). Status bands off two constants, `RECOMMENDED_MIN = 140` and `RECOMMENDED_MAX = 160`: below 140 is "too-short", above 160 is "too-long", otherwise "optimal". Keyword presence is a case-insensitive `includes()` substring check against an optional target keyword field; if that field is left blank, `keywordFound` defaults to `true`.

Worked example

Default description "Track your brand visibility across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity with daily monitoring, competitor insights, and actionable recommendations." is 155 characters with target keyword "brand visibility": length falls between 140 and 160 → status "optimal", recommendation "Length is in the recommended range."; `keywordFound = true` since "brand visibility" appears verbatim; `pixelWidth` estimate = 155 * 7 = 1085.

When not to use this tool

`pixelWidth` is a flat `length * 7` estimate — it does not account for actual character widths (e.g. "iiii" renders far narrower than "wwww" in most fonts), so it is a rough proxy, not a real SERP pixel-truncation measurement.

Common mistakes

- Treating the 140–160 character band as a hard match for Google's real truncation behavior — Google truncates based on rendered pixel width and device, and this tool only checks a fixed character-count range.
- Leaving the target keyword field blank and assuming `keywordFound` reflects an actual content check — with no keyword entered, the check auto-passes (`keyword ? ... : true`) rather than flagging "no keyword specified."
- Not noticing that status is computed purely from length, independent of keyword match — a description can show "Optimal" length while still missing the target keyword entirely.

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