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EIF

2011-02-10, 09:54 AM
When you search a site in Google, just below the clickable link in the search result you see a 2 lines text about the website. In that 2 lines, Google shows what the site wants them to show. For example, when you search facebook.com.. just below the clickable link of facebook, Google shows this "Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them."

When you search my forum, the 2 lines text below the clickable link is something that Google randomly picked up from the index page.. and that text doesn't really make any sense. How can I get Google to show what I want?

Step by step instructions would really be appreciated.

Matt

2011-02-10, 09:56 AM
Put a meta description tag in your headerinclude template.

<meta name="Description" content="Content here" />

Change 'Content here' to what you want.
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