Has anyone ever seen Google truncating the beginning of a meta description on a mobile device?

[accpar]

I could not find any articles or mentions of this online, and I am wondering if it has to do with the website being an "m-dot" website and not responsive. Any thoughts would be appreciated!

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[accpar]

Thank you Eric

[GlobeRunner]

Sometimes Google just picks what they think is appropriate to show depending on the search query. We've seen this in the past, sometimes due to the fact that Google, for whatever reason, doesn't like the meta description tag. Sometimes it's too long, sometimes it doesn't contain the keywords or something similar than the search query, etc..

[accpar]

Hi Eric, thanks for responding! The issue is that this homepage does have the meta description implemented correctly.. I am wondering if it's because it is an "m-dot" website and not responsive?

Thanks again for your thoughts!

[GlobeRunner]

Yes, this is definitely possible and typical on desktop results. When a page doesn't have a meta description tag or when the page's meta description doesn't match the search query, Google tends to pick text from the page that they feel is appropriate. So, yes, it's very possible, depending the search query/keyword used.

First time I've seen it happen on mobile or pointed out on mobile, but it "should" be happening, especially if the page doesn't have a meta description tag.