Hi Kalena…
Is it true that only the first 65 characters of the title tag will be seen in a searcher’s browser even though about 200 will be indexed?
Diane
Dear Diane
Yes, around 65-70 characters (or 8 words) will be displayed and up to 300 characters will be indexed (by Google at least).
More info here:
I’ve always thought this, but never had hard-core proof of it happening. The elipses are still annoying and cause people not to click though, so I still avoid it when possible.