Comments on: Yahoo! Adopts NOYDIR Meta Tag http://www.vanseodesign.com/seo/yahoo-adopts-noydir-meta-tag/ Helping you build search engine friendly websites Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:29:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Steven Bradley http://www.vanseodesign.com/seo/yahoo-adopts-noydir-meta-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-516 Steven Bradley Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:36:22 +0000 http://www.vanseodesign.com/blog/uncategorized/yahoo-adopts-noydir-meta-tag/#comment-516 I'm pretty sure the search engines will always want to show snippets when they think the description isn't the best match for a particular query. It's not necessarily a bad thing either as there's a good deal of evidence that people are more likely to click through on results where the snippet (and link text) are showing and bolding the words they used in their search. I suppose if you want to have your meta description show more often it's a good idea to get in your main keywords for the page. I think as long as your description matches well enough with the query it will show as the snippet. Of course if you overdo it the description does run the risk of appearing spammy and losing clicks. I’m pretty sure the search engines will always want to show snippets when they think the description isn’t the best match for a particular query. It’s not necessarily a bad thing either as there’s a good deal of evidence that people are more likely to click through on results where the snippet (and link text) are showing and bolding the words they used in their search.

I suppose if you want to have your meta description show more often it’s a good idea to get in your main keywords for the page. I think as long as your description matches well enough with the query it will show as the snippet. Of course if you overdo it the description does run the risk of appearing spammy and losing clicks.

]]> By: Matt Johnson http://www.vanseodesign.com/seo/yahoo-adopts-noydir-meta-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Matt Johnson Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:54:51 +0000 http://www.vanseodesign.com/blog/uncategorized/yahoo-adopts-noydir-meta-tag/#comment-515 Nice idea. I wonder how far search engines will go to allow webmasters to configure how their site appears in SERPS. Do you think we will eventually be able to decide what the text snippet says, Beyond the some times used description tag. Nice idea. I wonder how far search engines will go to allow webmasters to configure how their site appears in SERPS.

Do you think we will eventually be able to decide what the text snippet says, Beyond the some times used description tag.

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