Hello,
I apologize for the issue you are facing with your meta description not appearing on Google as intended. This can happen for several reasons, even if you’ve set the meta description correctly in Rank Math and your site is indexed properly. Here are some common reasons why Google might choose to display a different description:
- Relevance and Quality: If the meta description is not deemed relevant or useful, or if it lacks quality (e.g., just a collection of keywords), Google may opt to show something else.
- Duplicate Descriptions: If the same meta description is used across multiple pages, Google might ignore it in favor of content that better matches the search query.
- Search Intent: Google sometimes displays content that it believes better matches the user’s search intent, which may not be reflected in your custom meta description.
To ensure that your meta description is being recognized by Google, you can check the following:
- Use the URL Inspection Tool in Google Search Console to see how Google views your page and confirm that your changes have been indexed. If the last crawl date is before you made changes, you can request indexing to prompt Google to re-crawl your page.
- Check the source code of your page to ensure that the meta description is correctly set.
For more detailed guidance, you can refer to this article: Google Shows A Different Meta Title/Description For My Site.
If you continue to experience issues, please reply to this ticket with your website URL, and a human agent from our support team will assist you further. Thank you for raising this concern!
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Google Shows A Different Meta Title/Description For My Site » Rank Math
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Hello,
Thank youfor reaching out to us.
Please share the URL of the affected webpage with us.
Please note that this is something that affects pretty much every site. Google might show a different description depending on the search parameters used during the search.
Google sometimes ignores the custom meta info altogether and shows something from the page’s content that matches the search intent better.
Here’s a link for more information:
https://rankmath.com/kb/different-meta-title-and-description/#meta-description-rewrites
In this case, the best you can do is optimize your meta title and description to try and match the intent of the search/keyword.
You may also refer to this article:
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-offers-suggestions-for-avoiding-meta-description-rewrites/359884/#close
Looking forward to helping you.
