Meta Tags

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    Hi I want to attach four images i will explain each and they form the question about how to make sure each page has custom meta description verses pulling the first sentence on the page of content.

    image1 is the meta desc showing in google
    image2 is showing the page where the meta desc is originating from
    image3 shows under one of my users that meta needs to be turned on
    image4 shows my article posting page in wordpress and seems to indicate meta is turned on

    the end result meta is coming from first sentence of website

    https://ibb.co/bHd89Df
    https://ibb.co/XYsnzcT
    https://ibb.co/qRxpJQ9
    https://ibb.co/X5D6pDb

    thankyou for helping me with this

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  • Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.
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    ​1. First of all, I am assuming that you have already changed the SEO Meta Title and Meta Description with the help of Rank Math:
    Add a Meta Description in Classic Editor:

    Add title and description in Gutenberg:


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    ​2. Then, ensure that this is the setting in the Schema tab if Rich Snippets are enabled on your website:
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    ​To reiterate, the Schema title must show %seo_title% and the description should show %seo_description% – this will ensure your SEO title and SEO Description that you set up via Rank Math can also be used for your schema details:
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    ​3. The next step is to check if your title/description is properly set up in the page source:
    https://i.rankmath.com/HwXR1o

    You can use this tool for the same as well: https://www.heymeta.com/

    4. If it matches your settings, then you must check if Google has seen the changes already or not.
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    For that, please check when the Google cache was updated for that page:
    a.

    b.

    If the cache date is from before adding the new meta description, then you just have to wait for Google to re-crawl and re-index the page with the new info. If the date is after you made the changes,
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    ​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.

    The best you can do is optimize your meta tags to try and match the intent of the search/keyword.

    You can read more about it here

    https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35624?hl=en

    This section sheds light on that:

    Why the search result title might differ from the page's <title> tag

    Hope that helps. If you have any further question(s), please let us know. Thank you.

    Hello,

    Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.

    If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.

    Thank you.

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