As I have noted on other posts (see the Googlebot Meta Tags post), the description element is another part of HTML that has uses with search engines. Well designed websites use the description element not only for keywords and a simple description of the page, but also it can control how the page shows up in search engines (once again, a better explanation of this can be found in the Googlebot Meta Tags post )
For WordPress users, there are various plugins that can be used. Another way to control the description of a post is to alter the header.php of the theme to use the_excerpt for the description.
The following is the code that would produce this:
<meta name=”description” content=”<?php the_excerpt() ?>” />
WP is good for Googlebot Meta Tags
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Good read, thanks.
Keep working, great job, I love it!
Yes, Google does use and weigh all of the Meta data that you provide. Maybe not as heavily as it once did when people filled their description and keywords with 50 million terms and phrases, but it still does. This is a useful technique.
WordPress: Using the_excerpt as the Description » Aleeya dotNet great article thank you.
handy code!thanks Aleeya. yeah, been using AIO SEO myself..
Great tip. I often find that if I put in a good meta tag description, Google and other Search Engines will end up using it in their listings.
Thats a pretty good tip to help onese website to rank. I am curently working on a blog with fishing equipment and I am aiming to get more trafic. Thank you for your tips.
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That is a really good tip. The more content that you can add for search engines to classify your site the better.
Great site very helpful information
Yes of course its a great tool to use, well at least i think that. Not everyone does. Lots of people have different opinions, to me its a nice way, because blogging helps me share people more about rings that we sell.
good tip, thanks, i must check it
Interesting idea..I’ll give it a try. Thanks for the code!
Geat post, thanks for sharing.
This is a really beautiful theme, what is it?
Super handy! thanks for the post
This is a very good tip. Are you sure the current version of Wordpress does not already do this?
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great article and awesome comments. thanks everyone!
hey, once again, thanks a lot for the information. You certainly have brightened up my day. the_excerpt certainly can be used effectively. Thanks again.
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