description in google listing

Discussion in 'Google' started by daboss, Apr 8, 2005.

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    i've seen the text excerpt in the google listing for one of my sites disappear and the come back again.

    a listing in google is normally:
    titile followind by some text and then followed by the url

    i've seen that change to only containing title and url - the text has gone missing.

    anyone know why this is happening?
     
    daboss, Apr 8, 2005 IP
  2. Cristian Mezei

    Cristian Mezei Notable Member

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    #2
    Give us a specific link with google's query or something :)

    To better asses your problem
     
    Cristian Mezei, Apr 9, 2005 IP
  3. dustin

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    Do you have a meta description tag? Google will sometimes use this as your result description.
     
    dustin, Apr 9, 2005 IP
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    AfterHim.com Peon

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    I've noticed that pages without much content that bots can read don't get a description...do you have text G can read?
     
    AfterHim.com, Apr 9, 2005 IP
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    wrkalot Well-Known Member

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    Interesting. I rank #1 for a phrase and the result is pulled word for word from my directory listing. Can't say I have ever seen that in Google before.
     
    wrkalot, Apr 10, 2005 IP
  6. daboss

    daboss Guest

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    yeah, there are lots of text and i use the meta tag for description.

    everything's back to normal again - google's acting weird - i see this happen every once in a while...
     
    daboss, Apr 10, 2005 IP
  7. uca

    uca Well-Known Member

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    Updates.

    Caught between updates, it happens quite often in my experience.

    Can't think of anything else in your case.
     
    uca, Apr 10, 2005 IP
  8. Design Agent

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    Google has been using the dmoz descriptions where applicable on their SERPS, especially if the search word is included in the dmoz description.
     
    Design Agent, Apr 10, 2005 IP
  9. wrkalot

    wrkalot Well-Known Member

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    I've seen the directory descriptions but not the title AND description... until now.
     
    wrkalot, Apr 10, 2005 IP
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    Funny you say that ... because today is the first time google used my meta tag as description... i seen it take text from the "alt" tag but never from the meta.

    Anyways it's probabaly from the meta. or alt./
     
    LiGhTen, Apr 10, 2005 IP
  11. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    It depends what you search for. If the page is ranked for that search term, Google will try to find a snippet containing that search phrase wherever it can... meta description, on page copntent, filename, whatever...
     
    minstrel, Apr 10, 2005 IP
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    inverse Banned

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    can i see that link ?
     
    inverse, Apr 13, 2005 IP
  13. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    :confused:

    What link?
     
    minstrel, Apr 13, 2005 IP
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    when i search for my company name the DMOZ title appears in the serps,
    also when i search on anything with vacation in the kw term my dmoz description appears.

    This is only when Im searching on .com not .co.uk
     
    DarrenC, Apr 14, 2005 IP
  15. wrkalot

    wrkalot Well-Known Member

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  16. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    #16
    Yeah but:

    1. http://www.google.com/search?source...LD,GGLD:2005-12,GGLD:en&q=ottawa+psychologist -- #1 result: from the page, NOT from DMOZ

    2. http://www.google.com/search?source...=GGLD,GGLD:2005-12,GGLD:en&q=psychology+forum -- #5 result: Not from the page, NOT from DMOZ

    3. Google Alerts:
    NOT from the page, NOT from DMOZ.

    I've been noticing things like this for the last few weeks only. Where are these non-page non-DMOZ snippets coming from?
     
    minstrel, Apr 14, 2005 IP