Webexcel Solutions (ISO 9001:2000 Certified) A Software Development Company and an SEO Company
Author involve in research and analysis of various search engine strategies and alogrithms. For more articles by author please visit- Latest Google SEO Tips and Strategies
Webmasters use different SEO techniques to get higher rankings for their site because higher search engine ranking for its targeted keywords on all major search engines Google, Yahoo, MSN is always one of the most important things for a website.
After lot of your hard work and optimization if your website ranked well on major search engine but if its title and descriptions are not attractive and appealing then it is hard to say that a user will click and go through your site.
So, it becomes important to display an attractive and appealing title and description for your site in search results so that it bound or force a user to click and go through your site. In this way it is important to know that how search engines create description for your website.
Here you can find some important information about how search engines create description for your site:
How Google creates descriptions for a website:
Google is the preferred search engines for most of web surfers on the web.
As per assumptions, Google use to display the description for a website in search results from the meta description tag if a user search for a page by its URL, or if the searched keywords do not appear within the found page.
If the found web page doesn't have a meta description tag then Google use the sentence that contains the searched keyword as the description to display in search results.
If a web page is listed in the Open Directory Project (DMOZ.org) then Google might also use the description that is used in the DMOZ directory.
How Yahoo creates descriptions for a website:
As per assumptions, Yahoo uses only the first part of the meta description to display in search results which is complemented by a text snippet from the searched page that includes the searched keyword.
In absence of meta description on a web page, Yahoo will use the description of the web page from Yahoo's directory if that particular page is listed in Yahoo directory.
And in case that web page has no meta description and is also not listed in the Yahoo directory, then Yahoo will display sentences from the found web page that contain the searched keywords.
How MSN/Live creates descriptions for a website:
As per assumptions, MSN/Live uses the first sentence that contains the searched keyword as the description to display in search results.
If the searched keyword does not appear on the page, MSN/Live seems to use the first sentence that appears on the page in search results.
MSN/Live will also use the DMOZ directory description in the results, if a website is listed there.
Above information will sure helpful to know how major search engines create description for a webpage to display in search results. If you have any query or suggestions please send it to me.
- Related Videos
- Related Articles
- Ask / Related Q&A
- Optimization of Website for Yahoo and Google is Challenge for SEO
- Microsoft Beats Yahoo and Google to Social Inbox 2.0
- Yahoo Burning Google
- Great Search Engine Rankings With Yahoo and Google
- How To Spy on Your Competition While Breaking Into the Top 10 on Yahoo and Google
- How to Prevent Click Fraud While Marketing On Yahoo Or Google Adwords
- Google, Hotmail or Yahoo, Which One Is For You?
- Yahoo!-It - Reach High Rankings With Your Website In Yahoo!
Ways to Increase Web Traffic
By: Salem Hassan | 09/07/2009Web sites and social networking pages like Facebook, Myspace, and Youtube are becoming almost as common as having a cell phones or MP3 players. With more and more people making and running websites the web traffic distribution gets more and more competitive. Here are some helpful tips on generating and keeping high web traffic as well as increasing your web site's rankings in search engines.
On your Way to a Great Website
By: Salem Hassan | 09/07/2009Through out the history of the world we have had the industrial age and the agricultural age. As years go on our societies get more and more advanced. And we are now in an age dominated by technology and electronics. The Internet is more popular than ever and everyone for corporate businesses to ten-year-old children are not only using the Internet to search web sites but also creating and managing their own web pages. Take part in this new age by making your web site the best it can be.
Article Marketing is the Way to Promote Your Website!
By: Father Time | 09/07/2009An explanation on how article marketing will help to attract search engines and other traffic to your new website!
Optimizing Your Web Links!
By: Manish Shrivastava | 09/07/2009Today, if you are looking for a great SEO expert India service provider, it just takes minutes to search one on the web. With its flourishing search engine optimization capabilities it has turned into the right place to be zeroed in.
Different facts of website content writing
By: Deskelly | 09/07/2009Web content writing, in its simplest terms, refers to the process of developing the content for a website.
Role of directory submission for link building
By: Scott Johnson | 09/07/2009Optimizing your submission helps get better quality back links and you can advance a step farther on your way to get better ranking.
The invasion of the crawler in a 100mph race
By: byerwills | 09/07/2009If you are looking for a professional agency that can boost sales and enquiries to your site contact us and we will strategically place you above the best in your industry.
Effective Way to Get Higher Ranking
By: jasminesmith | 09/07/2009Getting your business website to be ranked on the search engines is like getting free advertising for your business. The organic listings can’t be brought and your website can only appear on it via proper search engine optimization.
How to Improve Link Popularity Through Directory Submission
By: Neeraj Srivastava | 02/07/2008 | Link PopularityDirectory submission has a major role in getting indexed in major search engines as well as building link popularity. Process of directory submission involves submitting the URL of your website to large number of popular web-directories with aim to increase its visibility in a specific category. Often webmasters visit popular directories to get something new from time to time newly added sites as directories help them to gain easy access to a number of sites.
Webmaster Tips to Improve Link Structure of Your Website
By: Neeraj Srivastava | 31/05/2008 | Web DesignInternal linking structure is commonly known as website navigation and it is an important part of a Search Engine Optimization. Internal linking is a fundamental requirement for your end user and search engine spiders. Logical and intuitive navigation helps a visitor to find their way around your website easily and also helps to increase your response rates like enquiry calls, sales etc.
Webmaster Tips to Improve Link Structure of Your Website
By: Neeraj Srivastava | 16/05/2008 | Web DesignInternal linking structure is commonly known as website navigation and it is an important part of a Search Engine Optimization. Internal linking is a fundamental requirement for your end user and search engine spiders. Logical and intuitive navigation helps a visitor to find their way around your website easily and also helps to increase your response rates like enquiry calls, sales etc.
SEO Tips to Outrank Your Competitors
By: Neeraj Srivastava | 04/04/2008 | SEOWhile visiting some online forums many times I have seen that some website owners and also some members who are working on their client's site often ask why a newer, smaller, or uglier site outranks their site. It's not easy to answer this question as it's hard to point out what's the reason behind it because it involves lot of things and may be many reasons behind it or just a single.
Tips to Submit Sitemap/site to Google, Yahoo and Msn
By: Neeraj Srivastava | 14/02/2008 | SEOSubmitting sitemap to major search engines is an important and effective way to get indexed all of web pages quickly. Often webmaster has two types of sitemaps- HTML sitemap and XML sitemap. HTML Sitemap is for user benefit and not for to submit it to search engines. Having an html sitemap on a site makes it easy to access to its users as if a user looking for any page of your website then he can click on sitemap to get all links for internal web pages.
Top 10 Common SEO Mistakes
By: Neeraj Srivastava | 09/01/2008 | SEOWebmasters spend a lot of time and efforts on optimizing a website. They try different strategies to get higher search engine rankings for their website, but some of them fail to get desired results just because of some mistakes. In this article I have listed some common mistakes which should be avoided while optimizing a website as they may have adverse effect on your Search engine rankings:
Tips to Write an Effective Press Release
By: Neeraj Srivastava | 23/11/2007 | SEOAfter creating website, webmasters next step is to make it in approach of people as many as possible using different methods to attract people but the important thing is how to attract people at the same time to let them know and convince to try your services or products. In this case publishing a press release is really a good idea because press release is the most effective way to be in news and to attract a lot of people at the same time.