Quote: Originally Posted by rujuta The same issue for Yahoo and Bing can be solved by using the below statements:
<meta name="slurp" content="noydir" />
<meta name="msnbot" content="noodp" />
And the common statement for Google, Yahoo, bing:
<meta name="robots" content="noodp, noydir" /> So if we block Yahoo and Bing bots it will display Yahoo directory information. Did I understand it right? Quote: Originally Posted by imoonwalk So if we block Yahoo and Bing bots it will display Yahoo directory information. Did I understand it right? This is not regarding blocking of bots. Sometimes SE shows the content from directories (i.e. DMoz or Yahoo! Dir) in SERP snippets instead of showing your Meta Info. So if you want to prevent the SE to do this, you can use the above tags so that SE will show your own Meta Info. Quote: Originally Posted by rujuta This is not regarding blocking of bots. Sometimes SE shows the content from directories (i.e. DMoz or Yahoo! Dir) in SERP snippets instead of showing your Meta Info. So if you want to prevent the SE to do this, you can use the above tags so that SE will show your own Meta Info. Such will not force an SE to use your Meta Description, but only forbid it to derive such from the respective Directory.
Google, for instance, is known to derive such in at least 9 different different manners, one of which is from such directories, one of which is from your Meta Description, and 7 are otherwise.
,
There is no way to force any SE to use your Meta Description.
__________________ Quote: Originally Posted by deepsand Such will not force an SE to use your Meta Description, but only forbid it to derive such from the respective Directory.
Google, for instance, is known to derive such in at least 9 different different manners, one of which is from such directories, one of which is from your Meta Description, and 7 are otherwise.
,
There is no way to force any SE to use your Meta Description.
__________________ But as MJTaylor and I mentioned above is the way to force SE to not display the Title and Description in snippets from respective directories.
You can read the same by the link MJTaylor have stated as below:
Quote: For more information see: http://www.google.com/support/webmas...264&topic=8523 Quote: Originally Posted by rujuta But as MJTaylor and I mentioned above is the way to force SE to not display the Title and Description in snippets from respective directories.
You can read the same by the link MJTaylor have stated as below: You stated Quote: ... you can use the above tags so that SE will show your own Meta Info .
As I noted, this will not necessarily happen.
__________________ These posts were moved from this SEO Tip to allow discussion of the topic:
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To provide context:
Quote: Originally Posted by rujuta Quote: Does Google sometimes use the title and description from DMOZ (the Open Directory Project) for your website? Do you wish Google would show your own title and description in the SERPs instead? For all the search engines who support this tag, you can opt out of the DMOZ snippets by adding this meta tag:
<meta name="robots" content="NOODP">
or this one
<meta name="googlebot" content="NOODP">
directs only Google to not use the ODP information.
For more information see: http://www.google.com/support/webmas...264&topic=8523 The same issue for Yahoo and Bing can be solved by using the below statements:
<meta name="slurp" content="noydir" />
<meta name="msnbot" content="noodp" />
And the common statement for Google, Yahoo, bing:
<meta name="robots" content="noodp, noydir" /> @deepsand
okay I understand, It means that it forbids to take the contents from the respective directories, but SE may show other contents also. As you mentioned there are other 7 ways, so I want to know them all.
SE may show the snippets from the content of the page, it may show from the menus also. Am I right? Correct.
Somewhere here, or on another forum, I posted just such a list.
I'll try to either find that, or an alternative source, and re-present it here.
__________________ Okay, here we go. From Pleased with Your Google Description?. . . Getting the Google description that YOU want!META Description tagEditor-assigned ODP directory descriptionFirst ALT text found on the pageFirst text found on the page (which may be a heading tag, body text, etc.)Additional heading tags on the pageAdditional body text found on the pageAdditional ALT text on the pageNavigation bar on the left-hand side of the pageCopyright information at the bottom of the pageWherever the keyword phrase is found
These are based on observational data gleaned from actual SERPs.
Important note: The SERP Description is not fixed, but is query string dependent.
__________________ Thanks deepsand. This article is really good.
Thanks for sharing the info to all. Quote: Originally Posted by rujuta Thanks deepsand. This article is really good.
Thanks for sharing the info to all. It was my pleasure.
Enjoy.
__________________
<meta name="slurp" content="noydir" />
<meta name="msnbot" content="noodp" />
And the common statement for Google, Yahoo, bing:
<meta name="robots" content="noodp, noydir" /> So if we block Yahoo and Bing bots it will display Yahoo directory information. Did I understand it right? Quote: Originally Posted by imoonwalk So if we block Yahoo and Bing bots it will display Yahoo directory information. Did I understand it right? This is not regarding blocking of bots. Sometimes SE shows the content from directories (i.e. DMoz or Yahoo! Dir) in SERP snippets instead of showing your Meta Info. So if you want to prevent the SE to do this, you can use the above tags so that SE will show your own Meta Info. Quote: Originally Posted by rujuta This is not regarding blocking of bots. Sometimes SE shows the content from directories (i.e. DMoz or Yahoo! Dir) in SERP snippets instead of showing your Meta Info. So if you want to prevent the SE to do this, you can use the above tags so that SE will show your own Meta Info. Such will not force an SE to use your Meta Description, but only forbid it to derive such from the respective Directory.
Google, for instance, is known to derive such in at least 9 different different manners, one of which is from such directories, one of which is from your Meta Description, and 7 are otherwise.
,
There is no way to force any SE to use your Meta Description.
__________________ Quote: Originally Posted by deepsand Such will not force an SE to use your Meta Description, but only forbid it to derive such from the respective Directory.
Google, for instance, is known to derive such in at least 9 different different manners, one of which is from such directories, one of which is from your Meta Description, and 7 are otherwise.
,
There is no way to force any SE to use your Meta Description.
__________________ But as MJTaylor and I mentioned above is the way to force SE to not display the Title and Description in snippets from respective directories.
You can read the same by the link MJTaylor have stated as below:
Quote: For more information see: http://www.google.com/support/webmas...264&topic=8523 Quote: Originally Posted by rujuta But as MJTaylor and I mentioned above is the way to force SE to not display the Title and Description in snippets from respective directories.
You can read the same by the link MJTaylor have stated as below: You stated Quote: ... you can use the above tags so that SE will show your own Meta Info .
As I noted, this will not necessarily happen.
__________________ These posts were moved from this SEO Tip to allow discussion of the topic:
http://www.v7n.com/forums/seo-forum/...ml#post1465126
To provide context:
Quote: Originally Posted by rujuta Quote: Does Google sometimes use the title and description from DMOZ (the Open Directory Project) for your website? Do you wish Google would show your own title and description in the SERPs instead? For all the search engines who support this tag, you can opt out of the DMOZ snippets by adding this meta tag:
<meta name="robots" content="NOODP">
or this one
<meta name="googlebot" content="NOODP">
directs only Google to not use the ODP information.
For more information see: http://www.google.com/support/webmas...264&topic=8523 The same issue for Yahoo and Bing can be solved by using the below statements:
<meta name="slurp" content="noydir" />
<meta name="msnbot" content="noodp" />
And the common statement for Google, Yahoo, bing:
<meta name="robots" content="noodp, noydir" /> @deepsand
okay I understand, It means that it forbids to take the contents from the respective directories, but SE may show other contents also. As you mentioned there are other 7 ways, so I want to know them all.
SE may show the snippets from the content of the page, it may show from the menus also. Am I right? Correct.
Somewhere here, or on another forum, I posted just such a list.
I'll try to either find that, or an alternative source, and re-present it here.
__________________ Okay, here we go. From Pleased with Your Google Description?. . . Getting the Google description that YOU want!META Description tagEditor-assigned ODP directory descriptionFirst ALT text found on the pageFirst text found on the page (which may be a heading tag, body text, etc.)Additional heading tags on the pageAdditional body text found on the pageAdditional ALT text on the pageNavigation bar on the left-hand side of the pageCopyright information at the bottom of the pageWherever the keyword phrase is found
These are based on observational data gleaned from actual SERPs.
Important note: The SERP Description is not fixed, but is query string dependent.
__________________ Thanks deepsand. This article is really good.
Thanks for sharing the info to all. Quote: Originally Posted by rujuta Thanks deepsand. This article is really good.
Thanks for sharing the info to all. It was my pleasure.
Enjoy.
__________________