Indexing pages content that is not needed
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Hi All,
I have a site that has articles and a side block that shows interesting articles in a column block. While we google for a keyword i can see the page but the meta description is picked from the side block "interesting articles" and not the actual article in the page. How can i deny indexing that block alone
Thanks
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You could put that portion of the page into an <iframe>and it wouldn't get indexed. However, I would not suggest doing that.</p> <p>Instead, I'd look into why that portion is what Google has decided to show. Remember, we write meta descriptions hoping that Google will decide to show that text in the SERPs. However, Google decides which is the best information to show and will adjust that information based on the user's search query.</p> <p>Is your site's information hierarchy sound? Meaning, does that aside information have headings or tags that make it more important to the page than your main information? What on-page factors may be causing Google to extract that side block information rather than your main information?</p></iframe>
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