Meta description troubleshooting

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  • Resolved Austin Wakeman

    5 years, 6 months ago

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    For “pages”, we’re using %seo_description% to automatically generate a meta description.

    Instead of pulling content in from the page, it’s pulling in things like “JTNDZGl2JTIwY2xhc3MlM0QlMjJjaXJjbGVfc2VwYXJhdG9yJTIyJTNFJTNDc3BhbiUyMGNsYXNzJTNEJTIyY2lyY2xlMSUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRnNwYW4lM0UlM0NzcGFuJTIwY2xhc3MlM0QlMjJjaXJjbGUyJTIy” instead.

    Any ideas why this would be happening? We’re using the exact same settings for “posts” so I’m not sure why it’s not working for “pages”.

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  • Alberto

    5 years, 6 months ago

    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    Due to that issue my colleague told you, the best way will be to set a global description without using the %excerpt% or %seo_description% until you have your manual descriptions written.

    Looking forward to help you.

    Todd

    5 years, 6 months ago

    Rank Math free

    Hi,

    I want to add that you should not use %seo_description% as the meta description. That variable itself is meant to show the meta description elsewhere so you are essentially creating a loop.

    The %seo_description% is only to be used in the Schema settings – nowhere else.

    You are better off using %excerpt% or custom meta description if the excerpt doesn’t pull the correct description.

    RankBot

    5 years, 5 months ago

    Hello,

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