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Making Good Meta Descriptions – Not for humans. For robots. But still matters.

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Tomas Heligr-Pyke
Nov 01, 2023
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Meta Descriptions: The 155‑Character Sales Pitch You Keep Ignoring

Meta descriptions are the tiny blurbs under your title in search results - the difference between a click and a shrug. Most sites treat them like an optional garnish. They're not. They're your ad copy on the SERP.

Two clarifiers before we start:

  • They don't directly boost rankings. Google do…

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