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How to get Google to fix description?

by Xebec
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I messed up. I got my site indexed in Google with the WRONG Meta Description (because I copied the page from another of my sites and neglected to change the meta description).

Now, the description under the link in Google shows for the other site -- no match up, at all.

That's GOT to hurt my relevancy score AND confuse the heck out of any searchers.

I've fixed it on my site.

How do I get Google to refresh and start using the updated description?

(Ping? Social Bookmarking? Add a post to my blog (different site) with a link to the updated site and then ping the blog?)

Help!
#description #fix #google #meta description
  • Profile picture of the author Thomas
    Originally Posted by Xebec View Post

    How do I get Google to refresh and start using the updated description?
    You could try resubmitting your sitemap in Google's Webmaster Tools.
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  • Profile picture of the author Peter Gregory
    Originally Posted by Xebec View Post


    (Ping? Social Bookmarking? Add a post to my blog (different site) with a link to the updated site and then ping the blog?)
    Looks like you answered your own question there

    Those are all good methods and don't worry too much they will change it the next time they spider and update their listings. To make that potentially happen faster just take your own advice.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    You don't have to do anything. The next time they crawl your site they will update their database with your correction. That's why they keep coming back, to see what has changed.
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  • Profile picture of the author kisk
    Yeah I agree. All you have to do now is to wait to update your site's description. It won't take long.
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    • Profile picture of the author ant_arias
      Same thing happened to me on one of my sites. Just as everyone is saying, you'll have to wait till it is crawled again and it'll be updated.
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      • Profile picture of the author thobbs31
        Yep, just wait it out.
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