Hi, New to SEOMOZ and question about ON Page Optimization questions

[Stevejobs2011]

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[inhouseseo]

The meta tag recommendation seems to be for the keyphrase ""Registered Degree". You seem to be looking at the onpage optimization report for that keyphrase and not music degree, and you are getting thrown off. You do NOT have registered degree as a keyphrase in the meta description, so if that is a term you are trying to optimize for, then it would be good practice to use it at least once (I wouldn't do it more than once) in the meta description field. Hope that answers your question

[Anthony_NorthSEO]

Hi Tom,

It looks like Google is serving a default or script produced version of your Meta Description in result pages which is this:

Music Degree and Performing Art Degree from Authentic University. Several Dozen Majors to choose from Bachelor, Master and PHD levels.

However, the meta description for _http://www.registereddegree.com/music-degree_ is indeed "Registered Degree" as the On-Page tool reported.

Below is the Meta data pulled from the raw HTML on the page you mentioned:

name="description" content="Registered Degree" />

name="keywords" content="music degree" />

Looks like you're using Wordpress as a CMS (could be mistaken) but there is likely a setting on the page itself to enter a unique Meta Description, and depending on what SEO plugins / configuration you're using, there should also be a "Default Meta Description" setting. It's possible the you have two plugins that are conflicting, and causing duplicate Meta Descriptions to be be served.

Hope this helps!

Anthony