Change Google Description in Wordpress

by esteban307

Posted: 14 years ago 13 replies

Hi,

My site, Mixed Martial Arts in Washington DC News Blog comes up on Google with the following description:

"Powered by WordPress and Pyrmont V2. Videos, Slideshows and Podcasts by Cincopa WordPress Plugin."

How do I change it? Is there a meta tag that I need to modify? If so, what file is it in?

TIA

#change #description #google #wordpress

TheChanger

14 years ago

Originally Posted by esteban307

What you want to do is download and install the Platinum SEO Pack plugin. Then go to the plugins settings page and fill out the "home description" field (Don't forget to click the "update options" button).

Hope this helps,
Gordon

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thrigrri 14 years ago

I use "All In One SEO" plugin... You can download it from the Wordpress website (it's free by the way, in case you are wondering)... For convenience, the following is a direct link to download it:

WordPress › All in One SEO Pack WordPress Plugins

After you have installed and activated the plugin, you will see a "All In One SEO" link under "Settings" (on your left where all the clickable option links are).

Once you have clicked on the link, you can change the text you want Google to display in their description for your website in the "Home Description:" field.

Let me know if there's anything you are not clear of and need me to elaborate further...

Cheers
Jun Yuan
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- TheChanger 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by thrigrri
  
  I use "All In One SEO" plugin... You can download it from the Wordpress website (it's free by the way, in case you are wondering)
  
  Hi Jun,
  
  The All In One SEO Pack plugin is good. But I recently switched over to the Platinum SEO Pack plugin. Which by the way offers a few additional settings. Like the ability to set posts/pages to "noindex, follow". I think this is a great feature, especially if you don't want certain pages indexed (like privacy policy, terms of use, and affiliate disclosure pages).
  
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kulonuwun 14 years ago

dont forget to ping after finished modified.
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vinug 14 years ago

Get ALL In One Seo pack plugin for wordpress.
Its free.Install it.You can edit the description using this plugin.
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johnsteillman 14 years ago

It will take take some time till Google indexes change of meta description.
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- jaxrefinance 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by johnsteillman
  
  It will take take some time till Google indexes change of meta description.
  
  One week tops, if it's a blog, just ping it, i wont be more than 2days to be changed. If it's static maybe more, depends on the sitemap.
  
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  esteban307 14 years ago
  
  Looks like I'll have to try out All In One SEO pack. I was wondering if anyone knows the name of the specific file that I can directly modify to change the meta tag?
  
  Thanks!
  
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seolbs 14 years ago

use the all in one seo plugin
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- TheChanger 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by seolbs
  
  use the all in one seo plugin
  
  Why? Care to elaborate!
  
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Guitar 12 years ago

i would like to know how this works. Big G is still showing random text from my category page as the description in the search results rather than the description i have used for the categories in wordpress, ... anyone know how to fix or is it just waiting for G to rescan?
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Change Google Description in Wordpress

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