uh... this is probably a stupid question, but since yes, that is what they do, could you improve the description? Or... I believe that if you want to default to the first words of text, you could just remove the description tag....cause you seem to be saying you would like the description to be a snippet from your latest entry, right?
On 8/18/05, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I've noticed something odd. When I find a link to my blog on > google, the title is correct, but the text below the title is the > contents of my DESCRIPTION meta tag. For other sites, the text is a > snippet from the page. > > Now - I went to a few pages, and it seems like those pages weren't > using a description metatag. I've also noticed that blogs that use > this tag do NOT change per entry. They use it to describe the blog as > a whole. > > But it seems like I'm getting screwed, since a person may look at the > text, see something generic, and not click on my site. > > Does that make sense? To see an example of this, google for: untold > legends review and my blog will be on the second page. Note how the > description is misleading. > > -- > ======================================================================= > Raymond Camden, Director of Development for Mindseye, Inc (www.mindseye.com) > > Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Blog : ray.camdenfamily.com > Yahoo IM : cfjedimaster > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get help! RoboHelp http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=58 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170295 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
