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    • seoug_2005
      seoug_2005 last edited by

      The site http://goo.gl/bQkCF is displaying a strange description for keyword "taxi software" in google.com (second position ). Instead of description, text "logo" is being displayed. I understand that there is no description on the site, but still why this text. I would appreciate if you would let me know if anything is wrong with the site.

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      • AlanMosley
        AlanMosley last edited by

        link did not work

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        • seoug_2005
          seoug_2005 @AlanMosley last edited by

          My apologies. Try this one

          http://bit.ly/vfN5tq

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          • AlanMosley
            AlanMosley @seoug_2005 last edited by

            If you look at your souce code, it is a long way done the page before you get to any content, the first content found is the alt tag text "logo", this is almost 400 lines of code down the page.

            after then there is only short menu text for many more lines, there is not real text content to about 800 lines.

            if i take a line of text "Free taxi private hire software" of your page and do a exact macth search your home page is not found in google index. it is found on deeperpages but not on your home page

            this is your problem

            http://perthseocompany.com.au/seo/reports/violation/the-page-contains-a-large-amount-of-script-code

            http://perthseocompany.com.au/seo/reports/violation/the-page-contains-a-large-number-of-cascading-style-sheet-(css)-definitions

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            • stevecounsell
              stevecounsell last edited by

              Hi,

              I could not detect a meta description in your code. Maybe try adding this to the page head section:

              name="description" content="YOUR DESCRIPTION TEXT" />

              HTH

              Steve

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              • PPCnSEO
                PPCnSEO last edited by

                The first text element in the site is the alt tag of an image of "logo".

                This explains where it is coming from, as to why slightly stranger.

                Look through your source I see no real paragraphed block of text. All of the text seems to be quite short, fragmented sentences.

                When google has to create a description by itself it normally tries to find a suitable paragraph containing the keyword. Since I can't even see your keyword within the page, this may explain why google fails on making a relevant description and simply uses the first sentence (single word) it finds.

                Solution 1) Add some well written text containing your keyword.

                Solution 2) Add a description meta tag.

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                • seoug_2005
                  seoug_2005 @seoug_2005 last edited by

                  Thanks a lot  Alan for your time in taking close look at the site and for useful links.

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                  • seoug_2005
                    seoug_2005 @stevecounsell last edited by

                    Many Thanks Stephen .

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                    • seoug_2005
                      seoug_2005 @PPCnSEO last edited by

                      Thanks Mark.

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                      • seoug_2005
                        seoug_2005 @seoug_2005 last edited by

                        Should i suggest the client to create an external .js file. It will reduce the code by quite a bit.. There are too many lines of javascript code.

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                        • AlanMosley
                          AlanMosley @seoug_2005 last edited by

                          Yes both js and css, i would also try to get a bit nore content in their also

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