How many characters does Google recommend in the Meta description? I have used more than 226 characters in Meta description for every pages in the site. Is really Meta description can affect on your site keywords ranking?  Please give me suggestion, how many characters, I should use in Meta description?

There is no harm with that much character. I think we should use variations. It wont hurt you.

Meta description should in the range of 165 and meta tag should be the range of 60 character..............

According to me you should use meta descriptions between 150 - 160 characters. A long description will also show shortened in the search results so writing a longer Meta description is meaningless.

If you want to make you description fit in the Google search results, it should contain 70-160 characters.

As per me meta description effective when it is unique and related to content. generally, meta description no longer then 168 characters and if you used more then, search engine not show more then 168 characters.

I think in meta description we have to use 170 to 180 key words.

thanks .
theseoindiame.

Quote from: John23 on March 16, 2012, 06:35:29 AM
As per me meta description effective when it is unique and related to content. generally, meta description no longer then 168 characters and if you used more then, search engine not show more then 168 characters.

I appreciate your reply. You are right, now I will use only 150-168 characters.

Quote from: theseo on March 16, 2012, 08:25:06 AM
I think in meta description we have to use 170 to 180 key words.

thanks .
theseoindiame.

its recommended lengh but you can even use more than that and it can really help

meta description should between 175-180 is good, if we make long description that is not much important.

have to make description only using keywords that are on page content only.

Its always advised by search engine to make simple and short description and length should not be more then 160 char anyway its seems that expert always think to make description about 170 char. 

You can use up to 150-160 characters in the Meta description but make sure that you should use your targeted keyword in that and content should be genuine one...

Yes i agree with the above post, meta description should contain 150 to 160 characters.

160 to 170 characters are sufficient in meta description of the page.

I think 250 characters is the good.

Meta description length will be in between 160-170 characters.

A description should be about 149 characters with keyword rich and also that focus to your customers need

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Hello..
Meta description Should be 150-160 characters.If you are using more than that then Search engine will not going to read it.Meta description is very important so it should be good and unique.Meta description is that part which appear in SERPs when we type any keyword in search engine ,the brief bio will appear after title tag that is called meta description....
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The meta description should employ the keywords intelligently, but also create a compelling description that a searcher will want to click. Direct relevance to the page and uniqueness between each page's meta description is key. The description should optimally be between 150-160 characters.

Hello...
You can put 150-160 characters in meta description........

175 character use in meta description

It should be between 150- 160 and the important thing is it should be a meaningful and user friendly.

I think there should be at least 250 characters.

I think 60 are enough for better Meta description.

i think it should be 180 character.

I think 130 to 140 characters are enough for the meta description.

maximum character for the description is 155 characters.  see to that your main keyword covers within the allotted limit. 

Hi

The character limit in the meta description as suggested by Google is 165. Writing more than prescribed will not harm but in SERP only the first 165 will be shown.

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You can use up to 155 characters in meta description. You should follow Google guide lines for meta description.Because if your meta description exceed to 155 then it will removed by Google. Meta description is important to attract a user to visit our websites.

Use a properly written description, or googles Panda algorithm may penalise you for spamming keywords

According to me these tags do not actually have a fixed size according to the W3C. However all search engines suggest that these are no more than 155 characters, including spaces.

The Meta Description should be 120-130 characters. We can use more than that but it is not meaningful.

The meta keyword should be more than 250 and meta description 350 at all, you can be seriously penalized for that.

we can use 180 character in meta description.