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Why is my meta description not showing?
There are many situations where the search engines won’t display your title tag or meta description. The title or meta description you specified is too short or too long. The title or meta description you specified is not an accurate reflection of what your page is really about.
What does homepage meta description mean?
A meta description is meta tag that acts as a 155-160 characters summary that describes the content of a web page. Unlike the page title, meta descriptions are not a ranking factor, but they do entice users to click through to a page and are part of effective on page SEO.
How do you find the meta description on a website?
If you want to find out whether a given page is using meta tags, just right-click anywhere on the page and select “View Page Source.” A new tab will open in Chrome (in Firefox, it’ll be a pop-up window). The part at the top, or “head” of the page, is where the meta tags would be.
What is the purpose of meta tag?
The tag in HTML provides information about HTML Document or in simple words, it provides important information about a document. These tags are basically used to add name/value pairs to describe properties of HTML documents, such as expiry date, author name, list of keywords, document author, etc.
Why is my meta description not showing in the source?
But what if that meta description is not showing in the section in the source code of your site? What could be the problem and how can you solve it? Let’s first take a look at an example of the source code that should appear in the section when viewing the page source.
What should my title tag and meta description be?
Before we get too far into the problem, let’s briefly review the title tag and the meta description. These are both elements you identify in the head of the HTML code of your page. Best practice is to have a unique title tag and meta description for every page on your site.
Is the post or page have a custom meta description?
Verify that a meta description template has been added in the Yoast SEO settings under Admin > SEO > Search Appearance for the content type in question. Does the post or page have a custom meta description?
Why does Google not use my title and meta description?
When the query doesn’t match the information you’ve provided, the search engines will change that information so your listing in the search results will seem more relevant. This often happens when someone searches for content that’s on one of your pages, but maybe it isn’t the “primary” content you’ve identified in the title and meta description.