Comments on: Google and Meta Tags http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/12/04/google-and-meta-tags/ Website Promotion, Generating Revenue, Website Management Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: Bill Cawley http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/12/04/google-and-meta-tags/#comment-19000 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:26:15 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/12/04/google-and-meta-tags/#comment-19000 Chris,

I read the following on your SEO Guide page “I do maybe one or two jobs a year for other people,” and am wondering if I might be permitted the opportunity of being one of those couple of jobs in 2008? We’ve been following your advice, but frankly need a little hands on direction. Please advise and thank you for your consideration.

Bill Cawley
813-767-3176 (cell)
813-884-5450 (office)

]]> By: Ken Barbalace http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/12/04/google-and-meta-tags/#comment-18686 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:47:17 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/12/04/google-and-meta-tags/#comment-18686 My use of the meta description is the same as Paul’s I use it to capture the reader’s attention and to let them know exactly what a page/article is about.

]]> By: Paul http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/12/04/google-and-meta-tags/#comment-18608 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:02:01 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/12/04/google-and-meta-tags/#comment-18608 I figure the meta description is my chance to catch the eye of a searcher looking down the list of search results and trying to decide which one to click. I write them for the reader, not the spider :)

]]> By: Andy http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/12/04/google-and-meta-tags/#comment-18605 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:13:04 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/12/04/google-and-meta-tags/#comment-18605 I have to say that I learnt everything I know about SEO from Sitepoint and now more recently keeping up with this site, and it’s easy to spot the lunatics in the SEO forum at SP, and John does a great job there also it must be said.

An interesting debate is whether reciprocial linking is still has any real SEO value? Could you post some of your thoughts on this particular aspect Chris?

Regards,
A

]]> By: Tommy http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/12/04/google-and-meta-tags/#comment-18602 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:50:48 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/12/04/google-and-meta-tags/#comment-18602 Thanks, as a seo newbie your site teach me much. Not sure when will I’ll finished my reading here. :D

]]> By: Kyle http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/12/04/google-and-meta-tags/#comment-18598 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:05:21 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/12/04/google-and-meta-tags/#comment-18598 By the way, an important thing to consider is how lengthy people are with their articles. Making things wordy makes your content ‘richer’, generally generating a better page for ranking in search engines. However, since the above page is so long, it is then assumed Danny was trying to make it as detailed as possible. That is why he deserves to be heavily criticized on that incorrect statement. If his post was a paragraph long, and he wasn’t being so careful in his word choice, one may believe the mistake was a simple error or ‘brain fart’. This article was so detailed, that it is obviously he truly believed this as of March 2007…

]]> By: Kyle http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/12/04/google-and-meta-tags/#comment-18596 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:56:41 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/12/04/google-and-meta-tags/#comment-18596 Interesting find…
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2167931

As of March 2007 (yes 2007!) Danny Sullivan said Google completely ignores the meta description tag and generates a description by scanning your content automatically. Google actually has been using the meta description for a few years now, and often will pull that as the description for the SERPs.

Obviously this article needs to be updated, but what it shows is how he fundamentally misinformed the public on such a simple, obvious issue. And it is recent. And he is looked to as an expert, so just imagine all the misinformation that still goes on from the norm in this field.

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