Description not showing in Google’s search result Sitelinks

#38297
  • Resolved Anonymous
    Rank Math free

    Hello,

    Thanks for the great plugin.

    Sometime ago I moved from Yoast to Rank Math. And lately the sitelinks in Google search results are no longer showing a description… When I checked the different sitelink pages in https://www.heymeta.com everything looks fine.

    What could be the problem?

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  • Todd
    Rank Math free

    Hi,

    Thanks for getting in touch with us.

    That is completely automated and Google chooses to show the sitelinks where required. It seems like your website has been on a steady decline in SERPs since Dec. 2019. That might be why Google has chosen to downgrade your sitelinks to the inline links. An SEO plugin doesn’t affect your Sitelinks.

    Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

    Anonymous
    Rank Math free

    Hello,

    That’s not answering my question.

    Did you check the screenshot (the link in the Sensitive Data section) from a Google search result with 6 different Sitelinks ?

    The meta description underneath the Sitelink is not displaying instead it show the words from the navigation menu e. g Artists · Catalogue · About · Blog · Info

    Please advise

    Todd
    Rank Math free

    Hi,

    Yes, I see that. That is completely Google’s call how they want to show the sitelinks.

    If you check the description in those sitelinks – they are all randomly taken from your content. Maybe Google thought it would be more suitable to show a minified version of the sitelinks for your website.

    Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

    Anonymous
    Rank Math free

    Hi,

    Can you please let me know where I can find the info that my website has been on a steady decline in SERPs?

    “It seems like your website has been on a steady decline in SERPs since Dec. 2019.”

    I would like to investigate this further…

    Thanks

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math today.

    Please login to your search console dashboard and review the site report for comprehensive info on your site performance.

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

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    Anonymous
    Rank Math free

    Hello,

    I think I know what could be the problem. In the dashboard ‘SEO Titles & Meta’ in section ‘Post Types’ the descriptions include %excerpt%

    That’s maybe why Google takes random content and ignores my meta description of the page… ?

    I’ve changed the post types description to  %seo_description%

    Is  %seo_description% the meta description?

    Please advise, thanks

    Michael Davis
    Rank Math pro

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math today.

    Yes %seo_description% is the SEO description and this should be able to fix the issue 🙂

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

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    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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