Is it true that Google Search can’t read more than 70 characters of a webpage title?
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They can read it just fine. But at some point they stop caring.– John Conde ♦Commented Apr 5, 2016 at 1:27
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This answer should help some: webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/65767/… along with this one: webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/69050/…– closetnocCommented Apr 5, 2016 at 1:57
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1I'd stick with under 66 characters. Anything more will cause excess text to be cut off and replaced with three dots.– Mike -- No longer hereCommented Apr 5, 2016 at 3:47
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From the google SEO guidelines (Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide - Page 4):
Use brief, but descriptive titles Titles can be both short and informative. If the title is too long, Google will show only a portion of it in the search result.
AVOID:
- using extremely lengthy titles that are unhelpful to users
- stuffing unneeded keywords in your title tags
Link to: Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide
As outlined, titles should not be too long - eventually make use of the "description" meta tag (Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide - Page 6)
Description meta tags are important because Google might use them as snippets for your pages.
To answer the question: to me this is obvious - titles should be as short as possible - for a detailed description the description meta tag should be applied. For your specific question - there is no direct answer - as im aware <55 chars is perfect, ~65 chars are reasonable but still a lot, 75 absolute maximum and should be avoided.