Did Google update the length of characters allowed in Meta Description?
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Hey all,
I do SEO. I'm currently working with another SEO firm on a project.
The lady mentioned to me that Google recently updated (couple months ago) and changed their font causing them to lower the meta description to 55 characters.
Is this true? I have not heard of this.
Could she be confusing the meta description with the title tag?
I didn't know Google could have even update the Title tag too.
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There's also an article about it right here on the Moz blog, which includes a title tag preview tool:
New Title Tag Guidelines & Preview Tool
http://moz.com/blog/new-title-tag-guidelines-preview-tool -
Yes, she is talking about the title tag, not meta description. And I believe she is referring to this - read the full article here
As you can see from the image, the title is cut shorter in the new version.
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