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Brad
Joined: 16 Jun 2006
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 Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:53 am Post subject: Meta Description in Forums |
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I was checking the search rankings of my forum last week, when I realized that Google was publishing the meta-description below each link for my website.
This almost made me want to remove the tags as I would prefer Google fetch an automated description based upon the contents of the site. Usually, this area acts as a preview to what the website is about and how relevant it is to the search term.
Can anyone relate to what I am saying (or even understand what I am getting at) and offer any advice to me?
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Desilvio
Joined: 16 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:54 am Post subject: Re: Meta Description in Forums |
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| Brad wrote: | I was checking the search rankings of my forum last week, when I realized that Google was publishing the meta-description below each link for my website.
This almost made me want to remove the tags as I would prefer Google fetch an automated description based upon the contents of the site. Usually, this area acts as a preview to what the website is about and how relevant it is to the search term.
Can anyone relate to what I am saying (or even understand what I am getting at) and offer any advice to me? |
I have never witnessed this with my website but I do know what you're talking about. A lot of people will look at the "preview" like text as proof that the website they're going to is relevent to what they searched for, so I can see your beef with the description.
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seo
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| Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 4:59 am Post subject: |
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You should just remove meta keywords. You should create unique meta description for each page; this forum, for examples, creates unique meta description for each thread. Removing all meta descriptions is a possible consideration.
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Brad
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seo
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| Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Brad wrote: | | Why should I remove the keywords? |
If I understand correctly, meta keyword can be abused so easily; this is why Google disregards meta keyword more or less. It's best to not have it at all.
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Desilvio
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How does the forum create a unique description for each page? Is it an automated script installed or something?
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Camron
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| Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| choose stuf bout your forum so google and search engines find what there lookni for for the meta |
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