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Under Titles and Meta, Single Post Description, I have always had this set to %excerpt_only%, however, my search results all show all the characters at the start of my post page for the description (table of contents, headers, etc.)
I do have an excerpt set for every post. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Can you please help?
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Hello,
Thank you for that information.
I’ve checked some of your posts, and indeed they are showing different descriptions you have set. However, the description is correctly set in the source code.
Do note that if everything’s fine and Google still decides to show a different meta title/description for your search keyword, there is nothing you can do as Google sometimes ignores the custom meta info altogether and show something from the page’s content that matches the search intent better.
You can check this link for more information:
https://rankmath.com/kb/different-meta-title-and-description/#3-check-the-description-set-in-the-pages-source-codeHere are some of the common reasons Google might not use the meta description you provided:
– The meta description is not relevant or useful (ie, just a collection of keywords).
– The exact same meta description is provided across a large number of pages.
– The meta description doesn’t match what the user is searching for, but other content on the page does.There is a whole article dedicated to this on SearchEngineJournal:
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-offers-suggestions-for-avoiding-meta-description-rewrites/359884/Here is an example showing Google changes title depending on the keyword used:
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The best you can do is optimize your meta tags to try and match the intent of the search/keyword.
I hope that helps. Thank you, and please don’t hesitate to contact us anytime if you need further assistance with anything else.
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