Title: Pages – meta description
Last modified: June 10, 2020

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# Pages – meta description

 *  Resolved [exageo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flogsblog/)
 * (@flogsblog)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pages-meta-description/)
 * Hi,
 * I have filled in all the meta description for all pages. I mean a short text (
   1-2 sentences) about a page. I did it quite a long time ago and waited for Google
   to update search results. But nothing happened. If you type gkdvoracek in Google
   and see meta descriptions of a few pages, there are nonsence information, sometimes
   even a part of codes. Can I somehow influence what google search engine displays?
   Thanks.
 * Filip
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpages-meta-description%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [devnihil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devnihil/)
 * (@devnihil)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pages-meta-description/#post-12968129)
 * Whereas Google typically uses the meta description from the metadata for indexing,
   this is not always the case. Google will sometimes modify or ignore the meta 
   description when it sees fit. This is not due to the plugin not functioning as
   expected, but rather is due to Google using another value for the meta description
   it indexes as it’s algorithm has concluded that there is a better version to 
   index. We have additional information on this here: [https://kb.yoast.com/kb/my-meta-descriptions-arent-showing-up-in-the-search-result-pages/](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/my-meta-descriptions-arent-showing-up-in-the-search-result-pages/).
   If Google is ignoring the meta description you have created for a page and creating
   it’s own description based off the page’s content, we would recommend creating
   a new meta description that reflect’s the page’s content. We have an article 
   on how to write clean and meaningful meta description for your pages and posts
   by following the steps given in this guide. [https://yoast.com/meta-descriptions/](https://yoast.com/meta-descriptions/).
 *  Thread Starter [exageo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flogsblog/)
 * (@flogsblog)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pages-meta-description/#post-12975259)
 * How the setting max-snippet:-1 is related with this issue? Can I increase the
   number and expect better snippet results?
 *  Plugin Support [Michael Tiña](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikes41720/)
 * (@mikes41720)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pages-meta-description/#post-12975922)
 * Hello [@flogsblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flogsblog/)
 * The max-snippet:-1 is related to the maximum number of characters you can have
   for the meta description. Setting it to -1 implies ‘no limit’, but shouldn’t 
   be directly related as to how it will influence getting Google to show your preferred
   meta description. You can learn more about the directives here — [https://yoast.com/robots-meta-tags/](https://yoast.com/robots-meta-tags/)
 *  [devnihil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devnihil/)
 * (@devnihil)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pages-meta-description/#post-13008342)
 * We are going ahead and marking this issue as resolved due to inactivity. If you
   require any further assistance please create a new issue.

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pages-meta-description/#post-13008342)
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