The information contained in the title tag is the single most import thing used by search engines to interpret your web page.

The title tag takes the following form:

<title>TEK1st - Website Title Tag and Meta Tag Character Counter for SEO</title>

When writing your title tag, you should limit it to 64 characters per the W3C in their article, The TITLE element in HTML.

However:

Google will cache 66 characters and will cut out the last incomplete word.  Yahoo, will cache 120 characters.

When planning your page title you want to consider Google then Yahoo as in the following examples:

Title planned with 198 characters: (above the 120 limit for editing)

<title>TEK1st - Website Title Tag and Meta Tag Character Counter for SEO (search engine optimization) - this form is free for your use to count your meta tag characters and stay within SEO limits outlined.</title>

Google using 65 of 198 characters:

<title>TEK1st - Website Title Tag and Meta Tag Character Counter for SEO</title>

Yahoo using 120 of 198 characters:

<title>TEK1st - Website Title Tag and Meta Tag Character Counter for SEO (search engine optimization) - this form is free for y</title>

Evidently the title would need a little work in sentence structure to concisely use the full 120 characters for Yahoo.

The description tag takes the following form:

<meta name="description" content="TEK1st - Website Title Tag and Meta Tag Character Counter for SEO (search engine optimization) - this form is free for your use to count your meta tag characters and stay within SEO limits outlined.">

When writing your description tag, you should limit it to 170 characters or 200 characters at most.

The description tag is intended to be a brief summarization of your page's content. When you do an internet search, you see your site title followed by a brief description of your website or business. The description tag is designed to give a brief description of your site that can be used by search engines or directories.

The keywords tag takes the following form:

<meta name="keywords" content="website title tag,meta tag,description tag,keywords tag,keyword,keyword phrase,seo,search engine optimization,it consulting,DFW,Metroplex,Dallas,Fort Worth,TX,tek1st">

Keywords tag should adhere to the following guidelines:

(1) keep your list of keywords or keyword phrases down to 10 - 15 unique words or phrases - don't over do it

(2) put your most important word or phrases at the beginning of your list

(3) do not repeat words or phrases

(4) separate the words or phrases using a comma (you do not need to leave a space between words separated by commas as commas count as a character)

(5)The character limit for the keywords tag is usually 255.