What is meta description?

Started by parker1234, June 29, 2012, 06:51:59 AM


sanabhatt

Hello...
Meta Descriptions, which are HTML attributes that provide concise explanations of the contents of web pages.
It  can be any length but search engines generally truncate snippets longer than 160 characters, For this reason it is best to keep meta descriptions between 150-160 characters.We should avoid duplicate Meta description Tags.When we type any Keyword in Google then will show title and some text below the title this text is called Meta description...
Thnx...

kungfudolphin

It's a set of HTML code that belongs inside the <Head> </Head> section of a web page. It is usually placed after the Title tag and before the Meta keywords tag. These short paragraphs are website owners probability to promote content to visitors and let them know exactly what the given web page has with respect to what they're looking for.
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ericfox

According to me (Meta Descriptions) how search engines list your site in engines. Generally not an influence in ranking on most engines, it still gets shown as text to support a listing in natural search and does influence click through rate and relevance.

biber

Meta description use in directories submission for creating some html tags briefings.

siyajoshi

Hello..
Though meta description tags are not a major factor search engines consider when ranking sites, they should not be left off the page.The meta description tag is intented to be a brief and concise summary of your page's content.
For e.g:- <meta name="description" content="Brief description of the contents of your page.">
When you write a meta description tag, you should limit it to 170 characters or 200 characters at most.You should pick a style and be consistent throughout your pages, writing a unique description for each page of your site.

samaustin141

Meta description are one way to write description of your website that is pointing in the search engine.It tells search engine what site is descried in the meta description tags.

Riyaraj

 The meta description tag is intented to be a brief and concise summary of your page's content. Think of the Yahoo! directory. You see your site title followed by a brief description of your site or business. The meta description tag is designed to provide a brief description of your site which can be used by search engines or directories. The meta description tag takes the following form:

<meta name="description" content="Brief description of the contents of your page.">
When you write a meta description tag, you should limit it to 170 characters or 200 characters at most. You should pick a style and be consistent throughout your pages, writing a unique description for each page of your site.

maxsamuel

The meta description is a meta tag that is used to describe the current Web page. It provides a short summary of the page so that readers can decide whether the page is what they are looking for or looks interesting.

ykgforum

Meta description is specify for description on the pages

khan85

Quote from: sanabhatt on July 16, 2012, 12:10:02 AM
Hello...
Meta Descriptions, which are HTML attributes that provide concise explanations of the contents of web pages.
It  can be any length but search engines generally truncate snippets longer than 160 characters, For this reason it is best to keep meta descriptions between 150-160 characters.We should avoid duplicate Meta description Tags.When we type any Keyword in Google then will show title and some text below the title this text is called Meta description...
Thnx...
Nice information about meta description.As s SEO beginner it will guide to know more about meta description and also i like to share my ideas about this.. It is usually placed after the Title tag and before the Meta keywords tag.
<META NAME="Description" CONTENT="Your descriptive sentence or two goes here.">
Meta description tag is helps to find our page while searching in search engine to the corresponding keyword used.

marymnewland

Meta description should not me bore then 250 words.

josshray

Each site page have description in its back end which describe about the page type follow by the Search engines.

prgetxhtml

The meta description text is a description of each page's contents. It is optional, but it is a good idea to set this for your pages to maximize their exposure to search engines. Meta Description can be the crucial catalyst in order to boost incoming traffic.

AlexSuciuSEO

so you mean to say that meta description is the important part of website  ?

sophia01

The meta description tag is intented to be a brief and concise summary of your page's content. Think of the Yahoo! directory. You see your site title followed by a brief description of your site or business. The meta description tag is designed to provide a brief description of your site which can be used by search engines or directories. The meta description tag takes the following form:

<meta name="description" content="Brief description of the contents of your page.">

ushahm

meta description is a part of meta tag.this is actualy appears in search engine results.so we should to write attractive,convencing and sales text using our targetted keywords. :)

homesforsaleinedmondok

Short information of content or website page and these description  inform to search engines site information voluntry.

smartkathy

Meta description tags, while not important to search engine rankings, are extremely important in gaining user click-through from search engine result pages (SERPs). These short paragraphs are webmasters opportunity to advertise content to searchers and let them know exactly what the given page has with regard to what they're looking for.

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allenhill

The meta description tag is intended to be a brief and concise summary of your page's content. Think of the Yahoo! directory. You see your site title followed by a brief description of your site or business. The meta description tag is designed to provide a brief description of your site which can be used by search engines or directories.

eGrove Systems

Meta Descriptions, which are HTML attributes that provide concise explanations of the contents of web pages, are commonly used by search engines on search result pages to display preview snippets for a given page.

jamesjennifer

meta description tag in HTML is the 160 character snippet used to summarize a web page's content.

bedrik

Meta description is a thing which we add for search engines.

raveenasen

The meta description is a meta tag that is used to describe the current Web page. It provides a short summary of the page so that readers can decide whether the page is what they are looking for or looks interesting.

The meta description is used by search engines to describe the Web page in their results. If your page doesn't have a good meta description, it still could display near the top of the results, but the listing will just grab content from your page, which can end up with a link that no one clicks on.

Alex Thompson

The meta description is a meta tag that is used to describe the current Web page. It provides a short summary of the page so that readers can decide whether the page is what they are looking for or looks interesting.

Poster Hook

Meta description of your website that tells search engine what site is descried in the meta description tags.
<meta name="description" content="Brief description of the contents of your page.">
When you write a meta description tag, you should limit it to 160 characters. You should pick a style and be consistent throughout your pages, writing a unique description for each page of your site.

samuelbett

Meta description is a meta tag used to describe the current web page. It provides a brief summary of the page so that readers can decide whether that page is what they are looking for or find interesting.

Citywebpuneind

The meta description is one of an internet web page's meta tags. With this meta information, site owners can in short caricature out the content material and best of a web page. The meta description is one among an internet page's meta tags. With this meta records, webmasters can in brief caricature out the content and exceptional of an internet page.

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rallison

A meta description is an HTML element that provides a brief summary of a web page. A page's meta description tag appears as part of a search snippet in a search engine results page (SERP) and is designed to give users an idea of ??what's on the page and how it relates to their search query.

bergercpafirst

whenever you search any search queries at different search engines like Google then you see there are results coming with 3 information one is URL, other is Title and final one is meta description, it gives you an idea about result that you are going to visit.

radhamadhavmarble

A meta description is an HTML element that provides a brief summary of a web page. A page's meta description tag appears as part of a search snippet in a search engine results page (SERP) and is designed to give users an idea of ??what's on the page and how it relates to their search query.

Nexgi

A meta description is a short description of a blog/article which the user can see on the result page of a searched query.

saritamagazine

Meta description tags usually inform and interest users with a short, relevant summary of a particular page's content. They act like a sales pitch to convince users that the page is exactly what they were looking for.

rahul verma

A meta description tag generally informs and interests users with a short, relevant summary of what a particular page is about. They are like a pitch that convince the user that the page is exactly what they're looking for.

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