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Old DMOZ description showing up in SERP meta description.

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bdcseo Subscriber last edited by

I have a client whose home page meta description on the SERPs is not matching the description n the meta data. The SERP description is from an old DMOZ description. Any idea about the best way to update this?
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JordanLowry @bdcseo last edited by

Your welcome I hope that helps you some.
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JordanLowry @bdcseo last edited by

Why yes they can. You can actually leave off the Index/Follow tags. By default Google along with other major search engines index and follow links, pages etc.
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bdcseo Subscriber @JordanLowry last edited by

Can they be added in addition to the INDEX/FOLLOW tags?
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bdcseo Subscriber last edited by

Thanks.
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JordanLowry last edited by

You may have already done this but have you implemented noydir and noodp meta tags?
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