Comments on: Final Results of NOSNIPPET Testing http://www.seoaly.com/final-results-of-nosnippet-testing/   Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: SEOAly http://www.seoaly.com/final-results-of-nosnippet-testing/#comment-140 SEOAly Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:19:14 +0000 http://www.seoaly.com/?p=327#comment-140 Very true, Robert. There are often garbled and illegible "snippets" included within many SERPs. A "MYSNIPPET" command would certainly be nice...though I doubt search engines will ever give that much control over SERPs to webmasters. :) Even the commands that are recognized these days are merely "suggestions" or "requests" that they're under no obligation to actually follow. In most cases they do use the META description...but not always. In the cases when they don't, it's good to know that NOSNIPPET doesn't make Google default to the actual description...it does, however, make them show no description at all. So, if that's your goal, NOSNIPPET is the argument for you. :) Very true, Robert. There are often garbled and illegible “snippets” included within many SERPs. A “MYSNIPPET” command would certainly be nice…though I doubt search engines will ever give that much control over SERPs to webmasters. :)

Even the commands that are recognized these days are merely “suggestions” or “requests” that they’re under no obligation to actually follow. In most cases they do use the META description…but not always.

In the cases when they don’t, it’s good to know that NOSNIPPET doesn’t make Google default to the actual description…it does, however, make them show no description at all. So, if that’s your goal, NOSNIPPET is the argument for you. :)

]]> By: Robert http://www.seoaly.com/final-results-of-nosnippet-testing/#comment-137 Robert Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:54:18 +0000 http://www.seoaly.com/?p=327#comment-137 I wonder if the robots will ever respect a MYSNIPPET command? Well we can hope ;) Would make the descriptions in the serps that much easier to control and no doubt make a lot more sense at times. How often do we see garble and boilerplate text in the description field. I wonder if the robots will ever respect a MYSNIPPET command? Well we can hope ;) Would make the descriptions in the serps that much easier to control and no doubt make a lot more sense at times. How often do we see garble and boilerplate text in the description field.

]]> By: paisley http://www.seoaly.com/final-results-of-nosnippet-testing/#comment-75 paisley Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:45:04 +0000 http://www.seoaly.com/?p=327#comment-75 Good article, thank you. Good article, thank you.

]]> By: Casey Yandle http://www.seoaly.com/final-results-of-nosnippet-testing/#comment-42 Casey Yandle Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:12:21 +0000 http://www.seoaly.com/?p=327#comment-42 Great experiment there! Like you, I wasn't aware of this. So what is the point of NOSNIPPET then; why would you NOT want to have a description there? Great experiment there! Like you, I wasn’t aware of this. So what is the point of NOSNIPPET then; why would you NOT want to have a description there?

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