Meta Tags Question

User 2077347 Photo


Registered User
158 posts

In VSD, under the edit menu there is the Keywords and Description tab. Is the description supposed to stay the same for each webpage or should it be unique to each webpage?

The input box says "Write a short description of your website." Which made me think I shouldn't be putting unique descriptions for each page.

WDYT?
User 187934 Photo


Senior Advisor
20,271 posts

I vote for different descriptions for each page unless each page is identical.:)
I can't hear what I'm looking at.
It's easy to overlook something you're not looking for.

This is a site I built for my work.(RSD)
http://esmansgreenhouse.com
This is a site I built for use in my job.(HTML Editor)
https://pestlogbook.com
This is my personal site used for testing and as an easy way to share photos.(RLM imported to RSD)
https://ericrohloff.com
User 322842 Photo


Registered User
209 posts

I typically put different descriptions on each page meta tag, but I make sure I'm always including the main point of the site in it as well.
User 1948478 Photo


Senior Advisor
1,850 posts

Kristi,
Google has a very good pdf-guide for these kinds of questions. You can download it here:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/s … -guide.pdf
User 2077347 Photo


Registered User
158 posts

Per, thanks for that file, very helpful!

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