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Daniel Botta
17,956 PointsGoogle not using my Meta Description
I have added the below meta description to my online portfolio.
<meta name="description" content="Daniel Botta's Programming Portfolio Website">
It is showing my description, but I am getting this:
"Daniel Botta's Programming Portfolio Website. ... It looks like something went wrong. Please try again. Daniel Botta. Web Developer. Portfolio. Projects · Resume."
As you can see it looks terrible because it is showing what is actually a hidden message that only shows if my contact form fails to send the email. It's also showing my nav bar. Is there anyway I can get this to just show my description and not any of the other ugly content? Would it help to make my description longer possibly pushing out the other content?
2 Answers
Maffue Gersitz
Courses Plus Student 1,141 PointsDid you insert it into your header like so
<head> <title>Google meta test</title> <meta name="description" content="Daniel Botta's Programming Portfolio Website"> </head>
Don't forget not adding a title will show random stuff!
Daniel Botta
17,956 PointsI have a title. I think I may have figured out the issue. I had two meta descriptions so that may have been problem.