Free tool
How You Look on Google
Your Google listing is your advert, and most families judge it before they click. See exactly how your care home appears in search and when shared, then write a better version in seconds.
- See your live Google search result
- See your social share preview
- Write a better title and description
- Live preview updates as you type
About the Google preview tool
When a family searches for care, the first thing they see is your listing in Google, a blue title, your web address and a short description. That little block of text is your advert, and it decides whether they click on you or on a competitor. Yet most care homes never look at it, and leave Google to show a generic homepage title and a description it has guessed from the page. Our free tool shows you exactly how your care home appears in search today, and how a link to your site looks when it is shared on Facebook or WhatsApp, so you can see the impression you are really making.
Using it is simple. Enter your web address and the tool fetches your homepage and builds your live Google and social previews, along with plain-English tips on what is working and what is not. Then comes the useful part: you can write a better title and description right there, with a live preview that updates as you type and a character counter that keeps you in the ideal length. A strong title names your care types and your town, and a warm description gives families a reason to visit. Copy your improved versions into your site, or ask us to do it for you, and you turn more of those Google searches into real enquiries.
Your Google listing, explained
What does this tool show me?+
It fetches your homepage and shows exactly how your care home appears in a Google search result, your blue title, your web address and the grey description, plus how a link to your site looks when shared on Facebook or WhatsApp. Then it lets you write a better version and see it update live.
Why does my Google title and description matter?+
Your title and description are your advert in Google. They are often the first impression a family gets, before they ever click. A clear title with your care types and town, and a warm description with a reason to visit, wins far more clicks than a generic homepage tag.
How long should my title and description be?+
Aim for a page title of 50 to 60 characters and a meta description of 140 to 160 characters. Any longer and Google cuts them off. The tool counts your characters live and tells you when you are in the ideal range.
How do I actually change these on my site?+
Your title and meta description are set in your website pages, usually in the page settings or an SEO plugin like Yoast on WordPress. Copy the improved versions from this tool and paste them in, or ask us and we will sort it for you.
Win the click, win the enquiry
We write and build care websites that stand out in search and turn visits into real enquiries.