Detailed
Information for Description Meta Tag
The Description Meta Tag is used by the author to give an overall description of their website, the content in the website and the products and services that they may offer. It is highly recommended that you use the description meta tag on each page on your website. Most search engines do not place high enphasis on the description meta tag for ranking your site, but it does play a key role in getting customers to your site from the seach engines. The description should be limited to 150 - 200 characters and should be grammatically correct because visitors will see it in search engine results pages. This is critical in bringing visitors from the search engine results pages to your site. The image below highlights the area where the Description Meta Tag is used in a Google search.
Example Description Meta Tag:
<meta name="Description" content="PHP Websolutions provides PHP Programming and Web Design Solutions at reasonable rates for all types of business and personal needs.">
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