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META Description Tag - 5/4/2003 12:33:18
Some search engines will index the META Description Tag found in the <head></head> section of your web pages.
These indexing search engines may present the content of your meta description tag as the result of a search query. An example of a search engine listing using a META Description Tag might look like this...
[url=" http://www.seoconsultants.com/meta-tags/description.htm" ]META Description Tag - Meta Data Elements[/url]
Some search engines will index the META Description Tag. These indexing search engines may present the content of your meta description tag as the result of a search query.
www.seoconsultants.com/meta-tags/description.htm - 20k - Cached
The hyperlinked portion of the above description is referred to as the title element and is one of the most important elements of your web pages <head></head> section.
<title>META Description Tag - Meta Data Elements</title>
To avoid truncation by the search engines in their SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages), your META Description Tag should be concise, within 140 to 200 characters. Truncation will vary depending on the search engine and the number of characters displayed in the search results.
The META Description Tag may mirror the opening paragraph of your page. The META Description Tag should be specific to the page it is referring to and contain keywords and keyword phrases found in the page title, page heading and first paragraph of page content.
The META Description Tag is one of the many [url=" http://www.seoconsultants.com/meta-tags/" ]Meta Data Elements[/url] that may appear in the <head></head> section of your web pages.
[url=" http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/appendix/notes.html#recs" ]From the W3C - Notes on Helping Search Engines Index Your Website[/url]
< Message edited by pageoneresults -- 5/4/2003 12:36 PM >
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