diff --git a/app/layout.tsx b/app/layout.tsx
index 182158f..6d0ce99 100644
--- a/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/app/layout.tsx
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import "@/app/globals.css";
 const inter = Inter({ subsets: ["latin"] });
 
 const title = {
-  default: "Ru Chern",
-  template: "%s | Ru Chern",
+  default: "Home - Ru Chern",
+  template: "%s - Ru Chern",
 };
 const description =
   "Frontend Developer from Singapore. Interested in automating workflows and building in React, Node, and Typescript.";
diff --git a/app/notes/[slug]/page.tsx b/app/notes/[slug]/page.tsx
index 5067ca7..40efdad 100644
--- a/app/notes/[slug]/page.tsx
+++ b/app/notes/[slug]/page.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export const generateMetadata = async (props: {
   const note = allNotes.find((note) => note.slug === params.slug)!;
 
   const title = note.title;
-  const description = note.title;
+  const description = `Notes on ${note.title}`;
   const publishedTime = note.publishedAt;
   const images = `${BASE_URL}/og?title=${title}`;
   const url = note.url;
diff --git a/app/posts/[slug]/page.tsx b/app/posts/[slug]/page.tsx
index a02d62e..6c32ac9 100644
--- a/app/posts/[slug]/page.tsx
+++ b/app/posts/[slug]/page.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   EyeIcon,
   InformationCircleIcon,
 } from "@heroicons/react/24/outline";
+import { truncate } from "@/utils/truncate";
 
 type Params = Promise<{ slug: string }>;
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ export const generateMetadata = async (props: {
   const post = allPosts.find((post) => post.slug === params.slug)!;
 
   const title = post.title;
-  const description = post.excerpt;
+  const description = truncate(post.excerpt);
   const publishedTime = post.publishedAt;
   const url = post.url;
   const images = `${BASE_URL}/og?title=${title}`;
diff --git a/contentlayer.config.ts b/contentlayer.config.ts
index cd28ff4..3ac81af 100644
--- a/contentlayer.config.ts
+++ b/contentlayer.config.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import remarkGfm from "remark-gfm";
 import rehypeSlug from "rehype-slug";
 import rehypeAutolinkHeadings from "rehype-autolink-headings";
 import remarkUnwrapImages from "remark-unwrap-images";
+import { truncate } from "@/utils/truncate";
 // import rehypePrettyCode, {
 //   type Options as PrettyCodeOptions,
 // } from "rehype-pretty-code";
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ export const Post = defineDocumentType(() => ({
           headline: post.title,
           dateModified: post.publishedAt,
           datePublished: post.publishedAt,
-          description: post.excerpt,
+          description: truncate(post.excerpt),
           image: [
             post.image
               ? encodeURI(`${BASE_URL}/${post.image}`)
diff --git a/utils/__tests__/truncate.test.ts b/utils/__tests__/truncate.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/utils/truncate.ts b/utils/truncate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c91dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/truncate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/**
+ * Truncates a string to a specified maximum length and adds an ellipsis if truncated.
+ *
+ * @param str - The input string to truncate
+ * @param maxLength - Maximum length of the output string (default: 160 characters)
+ * @returns The truncated string with ellipsis if truncated, or the original string if shorter than maxLength
+ *
+ * @example
+ * truncate("This is a long string", 10) // Returns "This is..."
+ * truncate("Short", 10) // Returns "Short"
+ */
+export const truncate = (str: string, maxLength: number = 160) => {
+  if (str.length <= maxLength) return str;
+  return str.slice(0, 157) + "...";
+};