seo description is not correct

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  • Resolved Caselyn
    Rank Math free

    hello so i dont know what im doing wrong, all my settings is correct i already change the custom seo description in classic editor and check the page source and same as i put in classic editor and google crawled my page already, but the meta description still fetching the first paragraph of my page its not showing the custom seo descrition that i put. but somehow its showing my custom description in other pages..but not to all

    • This topic was modified 4 years ago by Caselyn.
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  • Alberto
    Rank Math business

    Thanks for getting in touch with us.

    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: https://i.rankmath.com/dhECkg
    Add title and description in Gutenberg: https://i.rankmath.com/ZO21Cd

    2. Then, ensure that this is the setting in the Schema tab if Rich Snippets are enabled on your website:
    https://i.rankmath.com/pG0pcS

    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:

    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.
    For that, please check when the Google cache was updated for that page:
    a. https://i.rankmath.com/9q6X0H
    b. https://i.rankmath.com/R8N0Uh

    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,
    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”

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

    Michael Davis
    Rank Math pro

    Hi Caselyn,

    Thanks for getting in touch with us and sorry for the inconvenience caused.

    Would you mind sharing a link to your site/affected page on the sensitive data section so that we can check this further?

    We are looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

    Caselyn
    Rank Math free

    Hello,

    I have updated the sensitive data as requested. Can you please check further?

    Thank you.

    Michael Davis
    Rank Math pro

    Then everything’s setup correctly and there is no input needed from your end.

    Hello,

    Here 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/

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

    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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