Comments on: Snippets Are Now Twice As Big

By: iQuote Developer

iQuote Developer — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:46:42 +0000

If Google starts to favour sites with longer meta descriptions, this will mean vast amounts or recoding for web developers (including ourselves). However as this is a recent amendment, a wait an see policy might be a more prudent approach for now.

By: Google Announces Two Changes to Their Search Results

Google Announces Two Changes to Their Search Results — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:05:50 +0000

[...] The second change that Google announced is that they will begin displaying longer snippets for certain queries. According to their post, these longer snippets can be displayed when a search is conducted that contains more than three words. For an actual example of what a longer snippet looks like, we can use this screenshot from Patrick Altoft of Blogstorm: [...]

By: Matthew Oxley

Matthew Oxley — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:00:51 +0000

Just searched for a few queries that trigger this ; I don’t personally think this is too impressive, but maybe it’s because we’re all used to just a short snippet.

By: davelorrez (davelorrez)

davelorrez (davelorrez) — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 22:59:59 +0000

meta description twice as big http://tinyurl.com/cvkbcx

By: patrickaltoft (Patrick Altoft)

patrickaltoft (Patrick Altoft) — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 22:59:59 +0000

Snippets Are Now Twice As Big: For those of you who have painstakingly written meta descriptions that are 155-16.. http://tinyurl.com/cvkbcx

By: patrickaltoft (Patrick Altoft)

patrickaltoft (Patrick Altoft) — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 22:59:59 +0000

Snippets are now twice as big http://tinyurl.com/cvkbcx