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How to add description for my site in google?

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#1: Mar 4 '09
Searched for a while in google help but soon got lost so for someone with the knowledge a question... How can I define below the title of my site in google a descritpion text (e.g links showing the site's categories)? Is it something I declare somewhere in HTML or I have to cantact google?

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#2: Mar 4 '09

re: How to add description for my site in google?

Put it in your html home file:

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  1. <META NAME=KEYWORDS CONTENT="<keywords here>">
  2. <META NAME=DESCRIPTION CONTENT="<description here>">
  3.  
kind regards,

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re: How to add description for my site in google?

how much time to wait before seeing it in google (just to make sure that everything is ok)?
P.S. I want to show the site's categories with hyperlinks is it ok to put anchor and break line tags inside the content property?
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#4: Mar 9 '09

re: How to add description for my site in google?

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Originally Posted by mikek12004 View Post

how much time to wait before seeing it in google (just to make sure that everything is ok)?
P.S. I want to show the site's categories with hyperlinks is it ok to put anchor and break line tags inside the content property?

No. Use google site maps to display a map of your site in google results.
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#5: Mar 9 '09

re: How to add description for my site in google?

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Originally Posted by JosAH View Post

Put it in your html home file:

Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
  1. <META NAME=KEYWORDS CONTENT="<keywords here>">
  2. <META NAME=DESCRIPTION CONTENT="<description here>">
  3.  
kind regards,

Jos

Lowercase, of course, and attributes should be surrounded with quotations.
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#6: May 9 '09

re: How to add description for my site in google?

You can use Meta Tags in this format.

<meta name="description" content="abc">

And submit url in Google.com.
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