Why Is My Title Element Too Long? (> 70 Characters)

[farmiloe]

I recently launched a new website and according to the Moz Crawl Diagnostics Summary, I have more than 8,000 pages that have Title Elements that are Too Long (>70 Characters).

But, when I look at these Page Titles, most of them seem to be (<70 Characters).

Examples (with pages linked to the actual website):

Collection page // Brooklyn Nets Shirts - Nets T-Shirt, Tees, Tops | Sportiqe Apparel (Moz reports this page title is 92 characters, over by 22)

Product page // EA SPORTS Boxing Shirt - Red | Sportiqe Apparel (Moz reports this page title is 73 characters, over by 3

Blog post // 50 Father's Day Gift Ideas For Dad | Sportiqe Apparel (Moz reports this page title is 79 characters, over by 9)

Is there a way to verify that the Moz tool is correct, and I'm overlooking that these page titles are indeed >70 characters? Any insight on how to resolve this problem as well? Appreciate any advice or articles that discuss this issue.

[Chris.Menke]

In the HTML, your title is spread over 4 lines and it seams that Moz is counting additional charaters because of that. It seems as though Google is presenting it correctly but you really should get that fixed.

[farmiloe]

Makes sense. Thanks!

[AlanMosley]

Chris is correct I have seen this before where it counts line breaks before and after text.

to fit in with all search engines you should keep to 65.

Another thing to consider, title tags have so much power, that power is divided between the keywords. If you have a long title not so much power is given to each keyword.

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