<META Name="Description" Content="Hand-painted china you'll love at discounted prices. Hand Painted Creations features a fabulous collection of hand painted china, including dishes, tea cups, mugs and much, much more.">
The content of a Description META tag is used by some, but not all, search engines in the search engine results page to describe the content of your page.
If the search engine your website visitor uses to find sites that use your keywords displays the contents of your Description tag, you want the searcher to be compelled to click the link to your site. Ranking number one doesn't mean your link will get clicked.
More DIY SEO Tips in this Series
- DIY SEO Tip 1 - Select the right keywords
- DIY SEO Tip 2 - Select the right domain name
- DIY SEO Tip 3 - Use keywords in file names and folders
- DIY SEO Tip 4 - Use your keywords in your page titles
- DIY SEO Tip 5 - Use keyword text in your navigation
- DIY SEO Tip 6 - Create useful keyword content - repeat often
- DIY SEO Tip 8 - Secure high quality incoming links
- DIY SEO Tip 9 - Use keyword text (not "click here") in your links
- DIY SEO Tip 10 - Create a site map
