Short Meta Description Warning?

by kettlewell Posted: 16 years ago 2 replies

I was perusing through Google's webmaster tools, and noticed that under HTML suggestions, they say that my Meta Descriptions are too short.

Anyone ever notice this? Anyone ever determine what is considered too short, or too long?

For reference most of my meta descriptions are in the 150-250 character range.

I'm wondering if google is wanting more of a short paragraph (300-600 character) for creating better search result displays....

Thoughts?

#search engine optimization #description #meta #short #warning

JasonB 16 years ago

I have seen that warning before, but I didn't pay much attention to it.

From my experience I like to keep my meta descriptions right around the 160 character mark... This seems to be working very well for me too.
Clint Butler 16 years ago

Do a google search for website content analysis your will find a website listed there that will check your metatags for you and see how they rate

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Short Meta Description Warning?

kettlewell • 16 years ago • 2 replies

I was perusing through Google's webmaster tools, and noticed that under HTML suggestions, they say that my Meta Descriptions are too short. Anyone ever notice this? Anyone ever determine what is considered too short, or too long?