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Problem with Google listing: Wrong description

pgmanpgman Registered Users Posts: 164 Major grins
edited October 10, 2011 in SmugMug Support
Hi,

I have photos.foto-biz.com. When I go to Google and do: http://www.google.com/search?q=site:photos.foto-biz.com It shows 152 results: Good.

The problem is the descriptions of all the "Photo Keywords", they say:
Billions of happy photos, millions of passionate customers.
Gorgeous online photo albums. Protect your priceless memories. Buy beautiful prints & gifts.

How do I fix this? How do I set my own description for each of the keywords?

Thanks
Thanks
http://www.sritch.com
The Dogs of Vancouver, BC

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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited May 11, 2011
    If you have a gallery description set, Google will use that. No gallery description, then google will use your sitewide meta that you set in your control panel, settings tab. Neither? Google will use ours (which is what happened).
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    pgmanpgman Registered Users Posts: 164 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2011
    Andy wrote: »
    If you have a gallery description set, Google will use that. No gallery description, then google will use your sitewide meta that you set in your control panel, settings tab. Neither? Google will use ours (which is what happened).

    No! Every gallery has a description, including the hidden galleries.
    Thanks
    http://www.sritch.com
    The Dogs of Vancouver, BC
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2011
    Hi, you must fill our your homepage meta :)
    https://secure.smugmug.com/homepage/settings.mg?settings=search

    once you do that, Google will use your words and not ours for those pages.

    http://smugmug.com/help/search-engines has much more on this, holler with questions, thanks!
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    pgmanpgman Registered Users Posts: 164 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2011
    Andy wrote: »
    Hi, you must fill our your homepage meta :)
    https://secure.smugmug.com/homepage/settings.mg?settings=search

    once you do that, Google will use your words and not ours for those pages.

    http://smugmug.com/help/search-engines has much more on this, holler with questions, thanks!

    No, I must must have not explained it clearly. The description are there and do appear properly for the galleries.
    regular galleries work:

    It's for the keywords that they do not work:

    google-descriptions-not-L.jpg

    The 1st one is for a gallery and is correct. All the others are for the keywords and the description is wrong.

    Thanks
    Thanks
    http://www.sritch.com
    The Dogs of Vancouver, BC
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2011
    pgman wrote: »
    No, I must must have not explained it clearly. The description are there and do appear properly for the galleries.
    regular galleries work:

    It's for the keywords that they do not work:

    google-descriptions-not-L.jpg

    The 1st one is for a gallery and is correct. All the others are for the keywords and the description is wrong.

    Thanks

    Hi. Google can't see your meta for those links since you have not filled it out in your control panel - so, Google uses ours. Fill yours out, like I posted just above, and then Google will find your meta info and not ours.

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    pgmanpgman Registered Users Posts: 164 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2011
    Andy wrote: »
    Hi. Google can't see your meta for those links since you have not filled it out in your control panel - so, Google uses ours. Fill yours out, like I posted just above, and then Google will find your meta info and not ours.

    20110513-qdne3rehsy36p4sn47a4ti2g6e.jpg
    Thank you. Never thought of looking the Account Settings.

    Thanks
    Thanks
    http://www.sritch.com
    The Dogs of Vancouver, BC
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    Saipan MomentsSaipan Moments Registered Users Posts: 1 Beginner grinner
    edited October 7, 2011
    Hi Andy,

    Hope somebody can assist me.

    When i share the link to my facebook account,, it say "http://domains.googlesyndication.com/app..."

    I write all Description on my Homepage Meta Description...

    Where did i get wrong???,,,scratching my head right now
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    rainforest1155rainforest1155 Registered Users Posts: 4,566 Major grins
    edited October 10, 2011
    Hi Andy,

    Hope somebody can assist me.

    When i share the link to my facebook account,, it say "http://domains.googlesyndication.com/app..."

    I write all Description on my Homepage Meta Description...

    Where did i get wrong???,,,scratching my head right now
    What specific link do you share? A link to the gallery or photo in question would be helpful.

    What exactly do you see on Facebook after sharing the link? If your Facebook page isn't public, take a screenshot of the issue and include it here for us to see.

    Sebastian
    Sebastian
    SmugMug Support Hero
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