[TYPO3-core] RFC: #7573: Page properties: Make author and author_email visible instantly

Steffen Kamper steffen at sk-typo3.de
Wed Feb 20 13:18:22 CET 2008


"Dmitry Dulepov [typo3]" <dmitry at typo3.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:mailman.1.1203507017.16997.typo3-team-core at lists.netfielders.de...
> Hi!
>
> Martin Kutschker wrote:
>> Who says that? Well, you says so, but it strikes me odd that a descripion 
>> has to be that short (a few characters).
>
> Description is displayed by Google for pages that use generic quieries if 
> Google cannot find snippets in the page text. If description is long, 
> Google will cut it. So you will want to make description short and clear. 
> That also helps your web site: good description in search results will 
> attract more people. No one will read a poem there :)
>
> I am not saying it should be a few characters. But it definitely should be 
> short.
>
> -- 

I found an article which describes how google use the description tag.
It's not mentioned that it has to be short, it's mentioned that it has to be 
unique

http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/006780.html

vg  Steffen 




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