Comments on: SEO: Why Meta Description Is Still Important

By: Software Company

Software Company — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:44:30 +0000

Yes, You are right. Meta Description provides a concise explanation of a Web page’s content. This allows the Web page authors to give a more meaningful description for listings than might be displayed if the search engine was unable to automatically create its own description based on the page content.

By: Klaus @ TechPatio

Klaus @ TechPatio — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:05:51 +0000

I’ve noticed the same actually, but I can’t say for sure if it’s just because Google ignores it (and for what reason) or if it’s simply because meta description were not added at the time the page were indexed. I often add my meta descriptions a little later after having made the post, but then it might already have been indexed by google (seen it a few times, that’s why I can’t say for sure what the reason might be).

By: Greten

Greten — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:44:06 +0000

This is what I know at first, but I noticed recently that Google sometime ignore the meta description altogether and still displays some random phrases in your site as if there’s no meta description.
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By: Tech-Freak Stuff

Tech-Freak Stuff — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:45:00 +0000

I totally agree! I know that SE experts say that meta tags have no authority in Google algorithm, but just ask them to stop using the All in One SEO plugin on their WordPress blogs and you can see their weird reaction!
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By: Klaus @ TechPatio

Klaus @ TechPatio — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:22:41 +0000

@Benjamin,
Thanks for your comment. It’s really not a lot of work to write 160 chars or less, so it’s stupid not to put just a little bit of effort into it

@Christie,
Since you use the Thesis theme, you should already have some pretty good standard SEO setup, I believe (I’ll use Thesis also in a few weeks, downloaded it already). But your current meta description for your frontpage ain’t too good: “About health, pets, and general life” – you can put a lot more text than that, and try to sell your page a little better. Results can’t be promised so your mileage may vary, but I’m sure you can do it a bit better now that you know of it

I really need to start working on part 2 of the Beginners Guide to SEO. Thanks for reminding me.

By: Christie

Christie — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:12:06 +0000

This is something I really need to address for my site, but I’d never seen a clear explanation of what to do with it until now. Thanks – now I intend to check out Beginners Guide…part 1!

By: Benjamin Cip

Benjamin Cip — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:49:50 +0000

Hey, that’s really a nice post here, people tend to forget how important are Meta descriptions. I’m sure your post will be beneficial for many people.
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