New meta description limit?
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Hi guys is the new meta description limit something temporary - Google just testing or can we assume it will remain moving forward?
Just wondering if i should increase my meta description limit to 300 characters for all my sites.
Cheers.
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Hi,
New meta description length is 300 characters and it is not temporary, Moz also updated meta description character limit. See below article.
https://moz.com/learn/seo/meta-description
Hope this helps.
Thanks
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