The meta description is a snippet of up to about 160 characters, which summarizes a page’s content. Meta descriptions don’t appear on the page itself, but only in the page’s source code. Search ...

Many marketers have difficulty with the writing portion of their jobs – and writing concise copy is even more challenging. Meta descriptions are an essential part of a successful SEO strategy, but it ...

Meta description HTML elements (also known as meta description tags) are generally understood to have limited SEO value. In the past, having duplicate meta description elements sitewide were said to ...

Google’s John Mueller answered the question about whether a meta description can be used to influence the search rankings. It’s a good question because Google advises to use unique meta descriptions ...

The meta description is highly important to your online marketing strategy in general, but very few people realize this or take the time to invest in this particular area. What is particularly strange ...

A WebmasterWorld member says that when he changed his meta description, his rankings plummeted on his site. In the past, US courts found META tags immaterial but Google has recommended it. Tedster ...

Remember when meta keywords were all the rage? Fast forward to 2025, and while search engines have evolved dramatically, meta tags remain crucial building blocks of your SEO foundation, just not the ...

A recent study uncovered that a one quarter of the top-ranking sites in Google search don't have a meta description. Is it time to reevaluate their use? Being on the first page of Google is one of the ...

Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that it is best not to leave your meta descriptions blank. Instead he said try to fill them out because you know your content best. This is despite a recent study ...

Title tags that include keywords rank in the top 5 positions of Google 85% of the time. That’s according to new research on title tags and meta descriptions shared with Search Engine Land by ...