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

[Steffen Ritter]

Yes, there's not an overall decision how long it should be.
BUT If we look at search result in different search engines, we get to 
know, no description is longer than about 160-180 chars.
I always advice people to limit ist to 160 chars, so I am +1 for limit 
this field to 160 or 180.

In addition we should have a better helptext, showing off the difference 
between the abstract and description field.
F.e:
description: most times used to store Meta-Description (short 
description for search engines), limited to 160 cahrs
abstract: Page teaser for use in Website, may contain html, limited to 
500 chars

kind regards

Steffen

Steffen Kamper schrieb:
> "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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