How do I direct what Google displays

  • Sorry for the newbie question, but here goes. When my blog shows up on google, it gives this info below the blog title:
    A Shipwright in Training is proudly powered by WordPress
    Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS).
    Bad Behavior has blocked 163 access attempts in the last 7 days.

    I’d really rather have it say something about the blog itself. What field do I need to be modifying?
    Thanks,
    Tom

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  • Google likes to use the meta description for it’s description below your site link. I don’t know what you have in your meta description tag (and I haven’t a clue how to do this in WP yet because I’m brand new to it) but in the past on another CMS I actually had to hard code in the meta description for the home page as using the CMS’s automatic thingy didn’t produce the results I wanted. Also, if you want to avoid desciption issues in the future do *not* submit a site to DMOZ. I had a problem w/meta descriptions on a site some time ago. Google was displaying a description that wasn’t even on my site! I couldn’t find it anywhere on any page no matter how far and wide I searched. Then I found out that Google is known to take descriptions from DMOZ listing. I requested my entry be deleted and after awhile it was but it can take awhile. I never submit to DMOZ anymore.

    Deb

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