Is It Okay To Use A Meta Description That You Cut-and-Pasted From Your Main Content?

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    Should your meta description be unique. Or is it okay to simply cut-and-paste a few lines from the content on that page to create your meta description?
     
    gregdavidson, Dec 13, 2011 IP
  2. revium

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    Ideally you probably want it to be unique, but I see no harm in using a few lines from your content.
     
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    it must be unique
     
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    Even if you just mix a few words around or change it slightly it will be better.

    Don't bother with meta keywords - Google pays zero attention to them...
     
    datamonkey, Dec 14, 2011 IP
  5. gregdavidson

    gregdavidson Well-Known Member

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    I disagree with that. If Google doesn't pay attention to them, then why do they often use them?
     
    gregdavidson, Dec 14, 2011 IP