Pages – meta description

  • Resolved exageo

    (@flogsblog)


    4 years, 9 months ago

    Hi,

    I have filled in all the meta description for all pages. I mean a short text (1-2 sentences) about a page. I did it quite a long time ago and waited for Google to update search results. But nothing happened. If you type gkdvoracek in Google and see meta descriptions of a few pages, there are nonsence information, sometimes even a part of codes. Can I somehow influence what google search engine displays? Thanks.

    Filip

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  • Plugin Support devnihil

    (@devnihil)

    Whereas Google typically uses the meta description from the metadata for indexing, this is not always the case. Google will sometimes modify or ignore the meta description when it sees fit. This is not due to the plugin not functioning as expected, but rather is due to Google using another value for the meta description it indexes as it’s algorithm has concluded that there is a better version to index. We have additional information on this here: https://kb.yoast.com/kb/my-meta-descriptions-arent-showing-up-in-the-search-result-pages/. If Google is ignoring the meta description you have created for a page and creating it’s own description based off the page’s content, we would recommend creating a new meta description that reflect’s the page’s content. We have an article on how to write clean and meaningful meta description for your pages and posts by following the steps given in this guide. https://yoast.com/meta-descriptions/.

    Thread Starter exageo

    (@flogsblog)

    How the setting max-snippet:-1 is related with this issue? Can I increase the number and expect better snippet results?

    Plugin Support Michael Ti?a

    (@mikes41720)

    Hello @flogsblog

    The max-snippet:-1 is related to the maximum number of characters you can have for the meta description. Setting it to -1 implies ‘no limit’, but shouldn’t be directly related as to how it will influence getting Google to show your preferred meta description. You can learn more about the directives here — https://yoast.com/robots-meta-tags/

    Plugin Support devnihil

    (@devnihil)

    We are going ahead and marking this issue as resolved due to inactivity. If you require any further assistance please create a new issue.

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