{"id":1547,"date":"2015-06-30T13:48:43","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T13:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rankwatch.com\/blog\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2023-11-25T10:27:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T04:57:14","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-meta-description-tags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-meta-description-tags\/","title":{"rendered":"A Comprehensive Guide On How To Design Effective Meta Description"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta Description is not an unheard term in the world of online optimization and marketing. However, there would be hardly any marketing expert at a global scale who knows the complete in-and-out of it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some may call it a summary of the content, while some call it the intent of the web page. Well, they are not wrong. But in order to witness the holistic optimization of your website, you have to understand meta description from scratch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, let\u2019s proceed forward and learn everything about META DESCRIPTION!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is a Meta Description? Why Do We Need It?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta Description in SEO are HTML attributes that provide you brief information about the website. It will always appear in the snippets of the search engine\u2019s search results.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although these \u201cTags\u201d are not that important to gain search engine rankings, they help in getting CTR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few meta-description examples are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21693 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1.png?resize=640%2C266&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Examples of meta descriptions\" width=\"640\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1.png?w=1345&amp;ssl=1 1345w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1.png?resize=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1.png?resize=1024%2C426&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1.png?resize=768%2C320&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, why do we need it?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEO descriptions help search engines in tracing the keywords that are similar or exact matches to the query so that the results provided to the users are accurate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s also important to avoid users being misled by websites that are not useful for them. The SEO descriptions will help you understand and get an idea about the website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What Are the Significant Meta Description Tags for Your Website\u2019s SEO?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to elevate the SEO metrics of your website, there are 7 significant meta tags that you must focus on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Title tag<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canonical tag\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEO description<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robots meta tag<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alt. text tag<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Responsive design meta tag\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social media meta tag<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><b>7 Best Hacks to Write a Perfect SEO Description or How to Write Meta Descriptions?\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, how do you write meta descriptions? Let\u2019s find out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To write an inch-perfect meta tag description, you can adhere to these seven best-proven techniques trending in the digital market.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Constrict Up to 105 Characters\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try to restrict the meta description length up to 105 characters. Although there is no limit to writing a meta description tag, Google will give the snippets based on the amount of space available. Thus, it is strongly recommended to keep the meta description length up to 105 characters or 680 pixels. So, don\u2019t forget to check the meta description length before approving it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/tools\/seo-iq\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEO IQ<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> feature of RankWatch can help you to foster a substantial meta tag with precise meta description length.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21694\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2.png?resize=640%2C266&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2.png?w=1345&amp;ssl=1 1345w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2.png?resize=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2.png?resize=1024%2C426&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2.png?resize=768%2C320&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/3.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21695 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/3.png?resize=640%2C266&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RankWatch\u2019s SEO IQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/3.png?w=1345&amp;ssl=1 1345w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/3.png?resize=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/3.png?resize=1024%2C426&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/3.png?resize=768%2C320&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/3.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It gives you relevant insights, including competitive keywords in meta descriptions, top keywords in meta tags, and exact keywords in meta titles and descriptions to obtain better SERP visibility. So, don\u2019t fail to use the SEO IQ feature of RankWatch to construct a better meta description. You can also check out the other meta description example on Google to get a rough idea of its length and size.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Incorporate Targeted Keywords<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The target keyword must be present in the meta description without failure. Although it doesn\u2019t directly affect SEO, the close proximity to the search terms would gain you some additional clicks for the users.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/tools\/keyword-research\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free keyword research tool<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of RankWatch can help you with this. You can use this feature to find the targeted keywords with optimum search volume and minimum competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/4.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21696 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/4.png?resize=640%2C266&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RankWatch\u2019s free keyword research tool\" width=\"640\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/4.png?w=1345&amp;ssl=1 1345w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/4.png?resize=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/4.png?resize=1024%2C426&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/4.png?resize=768%2C320&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/4.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to the free keyword research tool, feed the respective keyword in the given column, and click on the explore option.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instantly, you will get insights like CPC, competition, search volume, keyword difficulty, geographical distribution, organic keyword suggestion, paid keyword suggestion, question-based keywords, keyword grouping, and a lot more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use all these impactful insights to fetch the right keyword for your SEO meta description.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Fulfil User\u2019s Need<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try to give information about what the users are actually looking for or what the content is all about.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, if you have written the content \u201cBest IT companies in US,\u201d the targeted keywords will be IT companies, best IT companies, IT companies in US, and so on. It should be short, crisp, and promising to users. They should get the essence of the information that they are actually looking for. This will make the visitors feel that the blog is worthy to be read.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Include CTA<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Call-to-action not only makes the content viable but also influences the visitors to purchase the respective products and services. Thus, when it comes to improving the conversion rate, an SEO meta description equipped with CTA plays a great role in it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Sustain Uniqueness<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A uniquely written meta exactly tells the users about the intent of the content. It informs the visitors about your product and thus compels them to buy it. So, a unique meta tag description can gain you a good volume of CTR from search engines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Aligned With Strategy<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta in SEO is one of the ways to market your products and services along with providing information to the user. You need to tell why people need to visit your website. The Meta descriptions should be used as a marketing message and ensure that the user benefits by visiting your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Refrain Keyword Stuffing\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excessing anything is bad! Suppose you have a dog grooming business, and in your meta tags, you put, we have amazing dog grooming products, check out the amazing dog grooming products and a couple of other same stuff. Do you think as a user, you would give it another look?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t overdo it with your keywords. We know that keywords are important to make your website easily traceable by the searchers. One should remember that by stuffing the keywords, you will only deceive the searchers. Spamming the metas by keyword stuffing will do no good to your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Some \u201cDON\u2019Ts\u201d of SEO Meta Description<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/5.gif?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21697 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/5.gif?resize=600%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Don\u2019ts of SEO meta description\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After knowing the hacks of writing meta descriptions, there are a few practices that you should stay away from.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s find them out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Don\u2019t Exceed Pixel Limit<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don\u2019t want to look incomplete! Always remembering incomplete information does more harm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suppose you have an amazing meta tag, but on the SERPs, it&#8217;s only displaying what product or service you are offering and not showing what benefits your product or service can do to the user, it might lead the user to go on to some other site.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Don\u2019t Deceive Users<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are smarter than you think! You play with them once, and they are never coming to your website again. So, write authentic content which is actually related to your site. Invoke curiosity, but always take the right path.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Don\u2019t Duplicate Meta Content<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep different Meta contents for different pages. Reading the same thing again and again is the last thing that the user wants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/6.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21698 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/6.png?resize=640%2C266&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RankWatch\u2019s site audit report\" width=\"640\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/6.png?w=1345&amp;ssl=1 1345w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/6.png?resize=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/6.png?resize=1024%2C426&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/6.png?resize=768%2C320&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/6.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further, to find duplicate meta tags, you must use the site audit feature of RankWatch. Just log in to RankWatch or take a 14-day free subscription.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set the project with your domain address and click on the site audit section. Here, you get multiple website issues, including the duplicity in meta content that is technically an anti-SEO parasite for your website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Don\u2019t Use Quotation<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are not a programmer, this thing is not for you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The saying- \u201cSomething is better than nothing\u201d doesn\u2019t work here. So avoid quotations if you are not tech-savvy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason not to use quotation marks in the description is that Google will automatically truncate it. If it\u2019s really important to put something in quotations, it\u2019s better to use single quotes rather than double.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the end, it has been concluded that Meta description tag is a strong factor in On-page optimization as it improves overall rankings of SEO. We should not neglect Meta tags as it is the only medium that can link the search query with the user. It is the only connection between the search result and the visitor.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta Description is not an unheard term in the world of online optimization and marketing. However, there would be hardly any marketing expert at a global scale who knows the complete in-and-out of it.\u00a0 Some may call it a summary of the content, while some call it the intent of the web page. 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