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Meta missing description tag ??

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IamPowerful last edited by

Hi everyone I am new to this site and I receive the above message which states,

"Meta missing description tag" can anyone explain what this means, Otherwise I will contact someone tomorrow.
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IamPowerful @danatanseo last edited by

thank you Dana
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danatanseo last edited by

Hi Angelita,

This just means that the Web page in question in the report is missing a Meta description tag. Here's a link to an article in Google Webmaster Tools that explains all about these tags: http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/www.google.com/en/us/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf

Go to Page 6 in the guide for a good explanation of how to best use and implement Meta description tags.

I hope this helps!
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