Does Google now prefer short titles?

[John_jony]

We've noticed that Google favors shorter titles than a few months. Since we don't have that much data, we can't guarantee it. Does anyone know a tool to measure the length of a headline on a specific date, let's say for a site's top 100 articles? Or do you have your own data that will ensure short header length?

 

[WebKitty]

I was wondering this myself. It seems like things have shifted a lot with what Google likes and doesn't like. My shorter titled blog articles and page titles seem to fair better out of nowhere. I am thinking of trying to cut a few short to see if things improve. I usually go based on keywords and try to stay below 8 words.

 

[Nomad]

Google will show only 65 characters from your content title while displaying the content on the search result page. If your title is longer than 65 characters, instead of words google will show ellipses. Therefore, you will have to keep your title under 65 characters., The most important thing is your title should use long tail search terms.