Can I make sure Google always uses my meta description tags for snippets?

kery | May 09, 2010 | Comments 16

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Youser from Siegen, NRW asks: “I use “description tags”. Still Google search results often start with a date or alter the description snippet. Is there any way of controlling this?”

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  1. 21jumppp says:
    May 9, 2010 at 4:43 am

    Hope thats been useful Jauser xD

  2. ryanswedal says:
    May 9, 2010 at 5:10 am

    I’m guessing the name is a pun and should not be pronounced “Yowzer” it should be pronounced “User”… You-ser.

  3. infiltrator7777 says:
    May 9, 2010 at 5:40 am

    So another words Matt – Google get’s to describe a site based on what THEY think it’s about?

    YOU RESERVE THE RIGHTS. Google’s world.

  4. SEODoctorUK says:
    May 9, 2010 at 6:30 am

    Taking a snippet from the Dmoz listing!!! Yer right, like it ever gets updated with new sites.

    GOOGLE – STOP PUTTING SO MUCH TRUST ON DMOZ. IT’S TOTALLY OUTDATED AND NOT MAINTANED.

  5. adrianTNT says:
    May 9, 2010 at 7:17 am

    I noticed you keep mentioning the Open Directory Project :D
    I need to make sure most of my sites are listed.

  6. Lulllina says:
    May 9, 2010 at 8:03 am

    this comment made me giggle

  7. ROCKNTV1 says:
    May 9, 2010 at 8:22 am

    good post matt.. for some of us using blogger ,, i am seeing by web master tools that i have duplicate meta description problem as my sites get bigger . This is starting to be a problem Is it worth the effort if the description is relevant to hole site to just lett google handel it auto?

  8. MMOStars says:
    May 9, 2010 at 8:46 am

    22 Feb 2010 … I love my decriptions

  9. JoshZiering says:
    May 9, 2010 at 8:51 am

    Matt waited that whole video to say, “Hope that’s been useful Youser” I suspect he practiced in the mirror a bit too.

  10. sayweb says:
    May 9, 2010 at 9:27 am

    I always wondered why Google dropped scanning meta tags. Great Question, Great Answer. Keep up the very good work !

  11. lazyd0g says:
    May 9, 2010 at 10:06 am

    You like saying “Yowzer”. I can tell.

  12. johandotse says:
    May 9, 2010 at 10:22 am

    Great video Matt.

  13. schank111222 says:
    May 9, 2010 at 10:53 am

    @TheAceManHimself Yea lol. A little girl goes on google looking for some good cartoons to watch and bam! She’s scared for life lol

  14. TheAceManHimself says:
    May 9, 2010 at 11:41 am

    lol the porn sites are getting desperate and trying to lure the cartoon crowd.

  15. infiltrator7777 says:
    May 9, 2010 at 12:07 pm

    “WE RESERVE THE RIGHT”!

    Got it again Matt! You love that line to save your asses.

    You guys should print T-shirts. Do you brand that line internally to use?

  16. iceveiled says:
    May 9, 2010 at 12:12 pm

    good to see the old “cartoon meta tags to describe a porn site” example is still alive and well.

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