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Can we change Title and/or Descriptions Dynamically Based on Search Query
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If I recall we used to be able to change our title attributes tag dynamically based on the search query but not sure if it's possible now or if it makes sense to do so.
Thoughts?
Rosemary
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Hi Rosemary,
Please check this older post on similar query @ https://moz.com/community/q/how-does-the-use-of-dynamic-meta-tags-effect-seo
Hope this helps.
Thanks
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Google will do this somewhat in the search but I wouldn't do it on your site. You won't be telling Google what the page is about, you'll be asking Google what the page should be about. That's a very weak position to come at things from.
With the very little amount that Google actually passes you the search query, it's probably not very useful to attempt to implement this on pages.
On your Adwords, for sure. But not on your actual website, imho.
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