Meta descriptions are important for search optimization. If done correctly, they’ll encourage users to click through from search results pages. The goal is to provide a summary of the webpage. Google’s guideline states: “A page’s meta description tag gives Google and other search engines a summary of what the page […]

Google’s help document on controlling your snippets in search results has added some examples of “bad” and “better” meta descriptions.  The bad. Google advises avoiding these four types of “bad” meta descriptions: List of keywords: “Sewing supplies, yarn, colored pencils, sewing machines, threads, bobbins, needles” Same description used for every […]