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Article by Axandra
Article by Axandra
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Google has stopped using DMOZ for the snippets that are displayed on the search engine result pages. Search result snippets are very important. They help people decide whether or not it makes sense to invest the time visiting the page the snippet belongs to.
Your website will get more visitors if your pages have descriptive and relevant search result snippets. Read this article to learn how to influence the snippets that Google uses for your web pages.
How does Google create the snippets?
Historically, Google snippets came from 3 different places:
Of course, the content of the page is the most obvious choice for result snippets. However, Google often does not use the content of a page to create the snippet. For example, the page might not contain enough text content although it is relevant.
In that case, Google takes a look at the meta description of the ranked pages. In general, a meta description should be a short text that accurately and precisely describes the content of the page in a few words.
If the meta description was missing, too short, unrelated, or low quality, Google used DMOZ.org for the snippets. The quality of the DMOZ snippets were often of much higher quality than those provided by webmasters in their meta description, or were more descriptive than what the page provided.
Last month, DMOZ closed its doors and Google stopped using snippets from DMOZ. That means that it has become even more important than before to create good meta descriptions for your web pages.
How to get compelling search result snippets
There are several things that you can do to make sure that Google shows good snippets for your web pages:
1. Improve the content of your web pages
The content of your web pages is the most important source for the snippets. Before you improve the meta descriptions of your web pages, improve the visible content of your web pages. Meta descriptions are only visible to search engines.
It is much better if your web pages contain good content that is also visible to your regular website visitors.
2. Improve the meta descriptions of your web pages
Do not use the same meta description across multiple pages. It also does not make sense to include off-topic, low quality, or outright spammy meta descriptions on your web pages. Google will ignore them.
A good meta description contains the following:
Each page should have its own meta description. Although there is no character limit for meta descriptions, Google will truncate the descriptions as needed, typically to fit the device width.
Don't forget that the title of a web page will also be displayed on the search results page. The title sparks interest and the meta description contains additional information to convince the user.
You need more than good snippets
A good snippet won't help you if your website is not listed on the first search results page. The tools in SEOprofiler help you to get your web pages on the first results page. If you haven't done it yet, create your SEOprofiler account now.
Article by Axandra
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