Title Tag Character Limit & Meta Description Length for Top Search Engines(Google, Yahoo & Bing)

Google Title Tag and Meta Description Length
Google shows 69 Characters (Including Spaces) for Page Title.
Google shows 156 Characters (Including Spaces) for Meta Description.

Yahoo Title Tag and Meta Description Length
Though I couldn’t find an official number from Yahoo, I have seen that
Yahoo shows up to 72 Characters (Including Spaces) for a Page Title. (PDF’s up to 75 characters)
Yahoo shows up to 161 Characters (Including Spaces) for Meta Description.

Bing Title Tag and Meta Description Length
Bing shows 65 Characters (Including Spaces) for a Page Title Tag.
Bing shows up to 150 Characters (Including Spaces) for Meta Description Tag.
Bing will readily show 69 characters for the Title Tag and up to 185 for the description.

Effective Meta Tags:
Title tag = 65 char max recommended
Description Meta Tag = 160 char max recommended
Keywords Tag = don’t bother with this one 😉

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