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How do I change this?
Topic Started: Jun 10 2009, 04:07 PM (491 Views)
Ragana
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When I search for my site, the little description that pops up: Welcome back; your last visit was... etc..

How do I type in my own words in there to show up during search?


www.FriendlyFireGaming.net
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Reid-ZNS
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I don't believe you can. It just starts indexing what appears on the page.
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JFK
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You could create a web page with your description which redirects to your forum on loading then use http://www.google.com/addurl/ to add that page to google.

I'd suggest you do a search for an HTML tutorial first so you understand how to do the above effectively.

< shrugs >
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It pulls the info you filled in for the ZB Directory.
In your ACP go to Directory Options and fill in the part that says "Board Description".
Unfortunately you're not allowed many characters (only 100), hopefully at some point that willl change.

EDIT: that's assuming you're using ZB and not IF, of course.
Edited by Amanda, Jun 10 2009, 04:55 PM.
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Amanda
Jun 10 2009, 04:54 PM
It pulls the info you filled in for the ZB Directory.
In your ACP go to Directory Options and fill in the part that says "Board Description".
Unfortunately you're not allowed many characters (only 100), hopefully at some point that willl change.
Ah, right. That's limited not by ZB but by the nature of the <meta> tag itself.
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Ragana
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Thats the description for my site... and its definitely not displaying it haha.
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Amanda
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Ragana
Jun 10 2009, 04:57 PM
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Thats the description for my site... and its definitely not displaying it haha.
The screen shot you posted looks like it's from an IF board, even though your board is ZB.
Did you convert, by any chance?
Also, check that the "display board in directory" option is set to yes.
I've noticed when changing my board description that it can take a while to register the changes on google, maybe a week or two, depending on how they do things at their end I guess.
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Jun 10 2009, 05:01 PM
Ragana
Jun 10 2009, 04:57 PM
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One-stop gaming discussion


Thats the description for my site... and its definitely not displaying it haha.
The screen shot you posted looks like it's from an IF board, even though your board is ZB.
Did you convert, by any chance?
Also, check that the "display board in directory" option is set to yes.
I've noticed when changing my board description that it can take a while to register the changes on google, maybe a week or two, depending on how they do things at their end I guess.
Yup it is set to you. I never converted. I used this domain with an invisionfree board maybe 4 or 5 months ago but I would imagine that it would of changed by then.
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Well by the looks of your screen shot google are still indexing it as the IF board you were using.
I know things can take time with google, especially when you set up a new site, so it might be worth taking another look in a week or so and maybe they will have changed it by then :)
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Your site description will usually get cut-off at 155 characters by Google, as per Google's Blog and the description that is being returned when searching your site. Count the characters, you'll see.

1. You should attempt to use the total 100 word count that ZB provides.

2. Make sure you use Googles Webmaster tools: https://www.google.com/webmasters

3. Resubmit your URL to http://www.google.com/addurl/

Then, sit back and watch the Google spiders climb all over your site :D

Hope this helps.
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