{"id":395,"date":"2016-03-28T09:28:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T08:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.givethedogabone.com\/blog\/?p=395"},"modified":"2024-02-13T09:36:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T09:36:30","slug":"make-use-of-the-description-meta-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.givethedogabone.com\/blog\/make-use-of-the-description-meta-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"Make use of the description meta tag!"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>A pages description meta tag gives Google and the other search engines an overview of what the page is all about.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The description meta tag can be a sentence or a short paragraph.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>These tags are important because Google may use them as snippets for your pages when searched by users.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Using Meta tags is always good practice, as Google will use these if it cannot find a section of text to snippet!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Words in the snippet are <strong>bolded<\/strong> if the user is looking for something that is available on your site, this will allow them to see whether your page has the content they are looking for.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givethedogabone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Untitled1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.givethedogabone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Untitled1-595x158.png\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"595\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.givethedogabone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Untitled1-595x158.png 595w, https:\/\/www.givethedogabone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Untitled1.png 657w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givethedogabone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Untitled2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.givethedogabone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Untitled2-595x110.png\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"595\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.givethedogabone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Untitled2-595x110.png 595w, https:\/\/www.givethedogabone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Untitled2.png 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>DO&#8217;S<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make the meta tags interesting!<\/li>\n<li>Write the description so it also informs users<\/li>\n<li>Make it relevant to the content on the page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DON&#8217;T<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use common descriptions! 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