Can I tell or request that Google not display the date in my meta description? Blind Five Year Old, SF, CA … [Read more...]
How long does it take for rich snippets to appear?
How long should it take for my RDFa markup to appear in search results as a Rich Snippet after completing the submission form? Paul, Washington DC … [Read more...]
Is there a way to mark a section of a page as being less important for snippets?
Dan W. from San Francisco, CA asks: "Can Google provide a way to mark a section of our pages as being less important for being indexed/snippeted by Google? Sort of like the AdSense section targeting comments. The snippet that Google SERPs often shows … [Read more...]
Can I make sure Google always uses my meta description tags for snippets?
Youser from Siegen, NRW asks: "I use "description tags". Still Google search results often start with a date or alter the description snippet. Is there any way of controlling this?" … [Read more...]
Snippets and Titles
Matt Cutts explains how Google generates snippets and titles in search results. … [Read more...]
Is Google doing away with use of the meta description?
Quentin from Vancouver asks: "In the search results, Google will often display a snippet appropriate to the specific search query - often disregarding the meta description. Is Google doing away with meta description use like they did with meta … [Read more...]