[neeraj_77]

Hi Friends,

Please anyone can suggest me the maximum length of meta description of any web page. Ant what is the deprivation of lengthy meta description.

Thanks

[shabbir]

Should not be more than 160 characters

[Mark Brown]

160 and you can test it by searching on Google or other search engine and then copy the meta description and past it in MS word to count the actual length they have used to represent Meta.

[ozsubasi]

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Originally Posted by vinodkunwar

I think, friend meta description length should be maximum 130 character.

Shabbir is correct, it is 160 as far as Google is concerned, because that is the maximum number they can display in search results.

[Alex.Gabriel]

I have found this on google support pages.

<meta name="Description" content="Author: A.N. Author, 
Illustrator: P. Picture, Category: Books, Price: $17.99, 
Length: 784 pages">

If what i have understand google needs meta description to be "clearly tagged and separated" .
So i don't think that lenght matters but quality .

[ozsubasi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex.Gabriel

So i don't think that lenght matters but quality .

A description can be any length, but the point is that Google will only display a maximum of 160 characters in the search results. Meta descriptions do not affect ranking, but they do affect whether or not a user decides to click on a result, and they can only see as much as Google shows them. Therefore a concise description that can be fully displayed is more likely to attract a user.

[anoopvkwebtech]

I think 160 charcter.......................................

[ozsubasi]

The question has been answered, and there is no value gained by repeating the answer.
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