Checks / Titles, headings and schema
Title or description is cut off
A title or description that ends in "…", on a connecting word or inside an open bracket shows in search results and AI answers as a broken sentence. A length check that shortens text makes this worse: the length passes and the words are lost.
snippet_cut · Titles, headings and schema · Warning
What triggers it
A page's title or description ends with an ellipsis, has an unclosed bracket, or ends on a connecting word such as "of" or "the". One finding per page, the title first.
What to change
Rewrite it so the whole phrase fits: titles 15-65 characters, descriptions 50-160, the words that name the page first and the brand last. Do not cut it, and do not end it with ….
Example
HTML to put in the page:
<title>Blue trail running shoes | Example Shop</title>How to confirm the fix
- Search the page title and description in View Source: neither ends in …, in a connecting word or inside an open bracket
- Press 'Re-check 1 page'
How common it is
In the audits of our own sites on 26 Oct 2026 (4 sites): finding judged right on citedby.eu, civiqpass.com, hexaciv.com.
Source: finding audit 2026-10-26 (English).
About this check
| Check ID | snippet_cut |
|---|---|
| Report section | Titles, headings and schema |
| Severity | Warning |
| How it is decided | Measured: read directly from the page or the server's response. |
| Added | Version 7, 24 October 2026 |
| Status | Measured in every report |
| Report gives the code | No, the fix is described in words |
Related checks
- Product page without Product schema
- Structured data Google detects but rejects
- The page says a machine wrote it or no person has read it
- Duplicate titles
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