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    • nopsts
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      • CandymanKen
        CandymanKen last edited by

        Hi-

        The answer depends on what you want people to see in the search results. The content of the meta description tag is what Google uses for the description of the page on the search results. If you don't put one, it may just grab random text from the page for the description, which might not be as appealing to searchers.

        If you don't want to create new text for these, at the very least you might consider using your product descriptions as your meta descriptions.

        Ken

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        • Andy-Halliday
          Andy-Halliday last edited by

          Hi

          I would have to agree with Ken - what do you want people to see when searching. If you don't help Google out and offer a meta description (not that they will use this), but without they will pull some text from the page which they think is "useful".

          I would always recommend putting a meta description, even if you don't spend time optimising each page, a basic description about the page will help CTR to your site.

          Don't bother with meta keywords, have Google have confirmed they don't use these any more so these would be a waste of time.

          Thanks

          Andy

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          • nopsts
            nopsts last edited by

            Thank you Ken and Andy for instant reply and information, i will just put only meta desc to every page per your recommendations.

            Thank you again

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