How long should a META description be?

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    How long should a META description be? When is it too long?
     
    plusplustutoring, Feb 17, 2010 IP
  2. ZoomCities

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    around 165 characters
     
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    as far as I know it shouldn't be longer than 150 characters
     
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    max to max 150 characters.
     
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    Yes. For SEO purposes you should stay with 150 characters as most search engines only take first 150 characters for their use although it's not necessary that the search engines take those descriptions from meta description tags.
     
    nanosani, Feb 17, 2010 IP