Does Google or Bing use words in the page title beyond the displayed limit for ranking purposes?

[KyleJB]

Standard good practice for on-page SEO includes keeping page title length below the maximum that Google displays in the SERPs. But words in the title beyond that maximum can be indexed, even if they don't show in the SERPs for end users.

For ranking purposes, is there any value in words beyond the character limit in page titles that are truncated in the SERPs?

[IPROdigital]

IMO search engines' main priority (advertising aside ) is to make an experience good for users. Sure, they will be indexed, but if Google or other SEs consider how it looks to users, it probably won't help. That aside, consider the importance of your Click Through Rate. You make all the effort of getting ranked, then your competitor has the title and description fully and neatly displayed, and you don't - not ideal. I tell clients that sometimes we might well rank lower than competitors but if the title and description are neater and have emotional impact they stand a far better chance of getting the clicks.

I doubt there is any value in the words beyond the character limit - from Google's point of view, why should there be, if users can't see it in SE results? I believe the recommended length is 60 characters.

[danatanseo]

Well said. I agree with IPROdigital's comment completely.