Free SEO Tool

Free Meta Title Checker

Audit any URL\'s page title: length, pixel width, keyword presence, brand placement. SERP preview included. Free, no signup, instant.

4.6on G2
4.8on Trustpilot
Used by 36,000+ SEOs

What this tool does

The page title is the strongest on-page SEO signal. The Title Checker audits length, pixel width, and keyword placement — plus shows you the SERP preview.

Catch truncation, brand-first mistakes, missing keywords. Fix what you find.

How to check

Five steps from URL to fix.

1

Paste URL

Public URL only.

2

Click Check

Tool fetches title, validates length and keywords.

3

Review verdict

See length, truncation, keyword position.

4

Preview SERP

See how it appears in Google.

5

Fix in CMS

Update title; re-check.

When SEOs use it

Six common workflows.

Pre-publish title audit

Validate title length and keywords before publishing.

Bulk site audit

Audit top organic pages quarterly.

Migration validation

After CMS migration, verify titles transferred.

Competitor benchmarking

See how competitors structure titles.

CTR optimization

Identify weak titles on top pages; rewrite to lift CTR.

Client SEO audit

Include title findings in audit deliverable.

Platform-specific guides

How to set titles across platforms.

WordPress

  1. Yoast / Rank Math has SEO Title field per page.
  2. Set unique per page.
  3. Verify with this tool.

Webflow

  1. Page settings > SEO > Title.
  2. For CMS items, bind dynamic field.
  3. Audit after publish.

Shopify

  1. Pages > SEO listing preview.
  2. Per-product, per-collection.
  3. Verify in served HTML.

Next.js

  1. next/head <title> or metadata API.
  2. Per-route generation.
  3. Verify each route post-deploy.

Static sites

  1. Set in front-matter or template.
  2. Sitewide defaults; per-page overrides.
  3. Verify with this tool.

Grigora vs. other checkers

Side-by-side comparison.

CapabilityGrigoraScreaming FrogYoastFree generatorsManual
Free + unlimitedYesYesFree trialYesManual
Length validationYesYesYesPartialManual
Pixel-accurateYesNoYesNoNo
Keyword checkYesNoYesNoManual
SERP previewYesYesYesNoNo
No signupYesYesAccount requiredYesYes
Bulk URL auditOn requestYesYesNoManual
Result speed<3 sec<5 sec<3 sec<3 secManual

Common errors and how to fix them

Eight issues users hit.

Title too long

Cause: >60 chars or >580px.

Fix: Trim to 50-60.

Title too short

Cause: <30 chars.

Fix: Expand for full SERP space.

Brand at start

Cause: Common CMS default.

Fix: Move brand to end; lead with value.

No keyword

Cause: Generic title.

Fix: Add target keyword in first 60% of title.

Duplicate titles across pages

Cause: Template fallback.

Fix: Set unique per page.

Missing title

Cause: CMS bug or empty.

Fix: Add via Yoast/Rank Math or theme.

Title rewritten by Google

Cause: Google decided yours doesn't match query.

Fix: Improve relevance to common queries.

Special chars cause display issues

Cause: Smart quotes, emoji, unicode.

Fix: Test in Search Console.

Original data from our 2026 title audit

Across 5,000 random URLs.

54%
% of pages with optimal title length
Brand at start (28%)
Most common issue
+24%
Median CTR lift after optimizing
54 chars
Average title length we see

Frequently asked questions

Twelve answers about title tags.

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