Comments on: Google helps you to correct your description Metatags http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/ News and Information on Search Engine Optimization and Marketing for Joomla and WordPress Tue, 08 May 2012 13:21:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Hummerbie http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4319 Hummerbie Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:22:33 +0000 http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4319 @neville: That is an option, but you the thing is that it will just take a part of your article that they think is best suited to put into their sniplet. Writing metatags yourself gives you the possibility to put your keywords first and create a small advertisment like introduction to your article to get people to click on your link instead of your competitors. @neville: That is an option, but you the thing is that it will just take a part of your article that they think is best suited to put into their sniplet.

Writing metatags yourself gives you the possibility to put your keywords first and create a small advertisment like introduction to your article to get people to click on your link instead of your competitors.

]]> By: Neville http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4318 Neville Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:40:41 +0000 http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4318 And if I don't write meta tags and let google to make description by himself? And if I don’t write meta tags and let google to make description by himself?

]]> By: Hummerbie http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4282 Hummerbie Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:10:21 +0000 http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4282 @Fiona: I checked your site and I guess the pages that had short meta descriptions are Gallery, Prices and Contact Us? I don't know the Mr Site Software, but looking at your source code I think it uses the Site Name + Page Title as the metadescription. That means that you hade to add extra words to that pages for example you could change the Title form "Prices" to "Seasonal Cottage Prices" Then wait for Google to recheck your site and see what they say then. If you then have only two pages with short url descriptions you know what to do. @Fiona: I checked your site and I guess the pages that had short meta descriptions are Gallery, Prices and Contact Us?
I don’t know the Mr Site Software, but looking at your source code I think it uses the Site Name + Page Title as the metadescription.
That means that you hade to add extra words to that pages for example you could change the Title form “Prices” to “Seasonal Cottage Prices”
Then wait for Google to recheck your site and see what they say then. If you then have only two pages with short url descriptions you know what to do.

]]> By: Fiona http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4281 Fiona Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:53:46 +0000 http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4281 I am a novice and have had three pages detected with short meta description tags. I created my site using Mr Site and have no concept of what I need to do to get the content diagnostics message to say the content is fine. Grateful for any advice. I am a novice and have had three pages detected with short meta description tags. I created my site using Mr Site and have no concept of what I need to do to get the content diagnostics message to say the content is fine. Grateful for any advice.

]]> By: jim http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4176 jim Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:11:53 +0000 http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4176 Thanks Hummerbie - I'm using Artio JoomSEF which has been customised for use with a customised version of JEvents so I can't use another one. I get the idea with the globals, even when those are removed then in a blog content category view you get all the metatags from all the articles in that category added together. Probably going to have to pay someone to fix. Thanks for your help Thanks Hummerbie – I’m using Artio JoomSEF which has been customised for use with a customised version of JEvents so I can’t use another one. I get the idea with the globals, even when those are removed then in a blog content category view you get all the metatags from all the articles in that category added together. Probably going to have to pay someone to fix.

Thanks for your help

]]> By: Hummerbie http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4174 Hummerbie Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:44:04 +0000 http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4174 Oke, looks like I have to write this comment into an article I guess... Oke, looks like I have to write this comment into an article I guess…

]]> By: Hummerbie http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4173 Hummerbie Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:42:50 +0000 http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4173 @Jim It looks like you used the standard metatag information in the Global settings. This description is added with other metadescriptions. First.. get ride of them, don't use the Globals. Just Cut them and save them for later use. But you want good descriptions. So the best solution is to use the SEF patch of Joomlatwork.com Make sure you use the ones for your Joomla version! The patch exists of some files wich you FTP over the extisting ones of the core Joomla files. Please make a backup of your site before implementing this patch, its not hard to install and you probaly wont have any problems, but just make sure you can roll-back. Especially if you use some extensions from Phil Taylor, because these sometimes overwrite the standard index.php with some special settings. After you installed the patch, go throught the different menu itmens and add your Metatags (right bottom part of of your screen). For your Home menu item you can now add the descriptions also in the new fields at the bottom. Please check if this has the effects you want. I don't have any issues with my Joomla sites, but a always install this patch, and for my larger sites I get the paid version, becouse that gives me (among other things) a greater control over the HTML title tag. You can check this on http://www.hummerbie.com/joomla-search-engine-optimization/ a new site I am building packed with all my knowledge... which I hope is enough to start with. if everything works out please leave a new comment here. @Jim

It looks like you used the standard metatag information in the Global settings.
This description is added with other metadescriptions.
First.. get ride of them, don’t use the Globals.
Just Cut them and save them for later use.

But you want good descriptions.
So the best solution is to use the SEF patch of Joomlatwork.com
Make sure you use the ones for your Joomla version!
The patch exists of some files wich you FTP over the extisting ones of the core Joomla files.

Please make a backup of your site before implementing this patch, its not hard to install and you probaly wont have any problems, but just make sure you can roll-back.
Especially if you use some extensions from Phil Taylor, because these sometimes overwrite the standard index.php with some special settings.

After you installed the patch, go throught the different menu itmens and add your Metatags (right bottom part of of your screen).
For your Home menu item you can now add the descriptions also in the new fields at the bottom.

Please check if this has the effects you want.
I don’t have any issues with my Joomla sites, but a always install this patch, and for my larger sites I get the paid version, becouse that gives me (among other things) a greater control over the HTML title tag.

You can check this on http://www.hummerbie.com/joomla-search-engine-optimization/ a new site I am building packed with all my knowledge… which I hope is enough to start with.

if everything works out please leave a new comment here.

]]> By: jim http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4171 jim Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:48:30 +0000 http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4171 Hi - wondering if you could help? When you display a blog content category in Joomla it adds ALL the meta descriptions for every single article on the page together- thus creating a huge list. Is there any way of preventing Joomla from doing this? Hi – wondering if you could help? When you display a blog content category in Joomla it adds ALL the meta descriptions for every single article on the page together- thus creating a huge list. Is there any way of preventing Joomla from doing this?

]]> By: Angela http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4169 Angela Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:43:17 +0000 http://herbertvandinther.com/google-helps-you-to-correct-your-description-metatags/#comment-4169 This is a helpful tool to the newbies of search engine optimization. This is a helpful tool to the newbies of search engine optimization.

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