"No Meta Description Tag"
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Google is not showing Meta Description for the Keyword Rankings of my website in the SERPs. All of my Keywords Ranking are coming with just two fields. Which are just 1. Title Tag & 2. Page URL. The description tag is missing in it.
Here is a proof
Kindly advice please.
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Thank you!
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You have 2 meta descriptions, remove the one on line 7
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**Keep the one on line 13
As it appears to me to be more relevant to that specific page.**
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Hi there,
Is any of the page copy being displayed instead of the meta description that you wrote? Let me know when you post an image of the SERPs page
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Just a note, you say "here is proof" but nothing is attached!
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Two ways to check if your meta description is properly setup
1. Check your meta description code is set up properly between meta description here
2. Check your sitemap if you properly submit in google webmaster tool console
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