Maybe I'm too anal - but it feels like it would be just plain wrong to remove the meta tag. ;)
On 8/18/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170328 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
