The glossary

Meta Description

An HTML summary that a search engine may use as the descriptive snippet for a page.

An HTML summary that a search engine may use as the descriptive snippet for a page.

A practical example

A service page’s description explains its offer, audience and relevant differentiator in plain language.

What to watch for

Search engines can select text from the page instead. There is no universal character count that guarantees display or a ranking improvement.

Explore Title Tag and Search Engine Results Page (SERP). Try our search result preview for a practical next step. See how this fits into SEO services.

Further reading

Google’s SEO starter guide.