"Items 1 - 24 of 75" Appearing in Meta Description - How Do I Remove It?
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Hey guys,
I've noticed that the item count is appearing at the beginning of the meta description for our brand pages, e.g. "Items 1 - 24 of 75 -". The issue I have with this is that it reduces the character limit (due to truncation), consequently leaving me with little room to play with to include more useful information.
Is there a way to remove this?
Cheers,
A
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I want to clarify something that I think would help to better answer the question. Is this showing in the meta description in the source code on the pages or is it just showing up in Google's search results?
If it's in the source code then you obviously can change it, although it may be somewhat difficult depending on the cms.
If it's only in search results and not in the source code then it's going to be a lot more difficult to get rid of. This is something that Google is detecting on your site and automatically displaying because it think that it's beneficial to searchers.
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Hey guys,
Thanks for getting back to me.
I want to A/B test it and see if I get a better CTR without it, but instead include a KSP like "money back guarantee", which I currently can't do due to truncation.
David - even with a custom meta description, the item count still appears. So I think you're right, it may have something to do with the CMS.
Cheers,
A
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This is not always the case, I have notice that alot of zencart sites show like this in the surps, but there in nothing in the source code passing this info ( no rich snippets, no info in the meta tags). Even when the meta descriptions are done manually, it does not remove it.
Zencart show eg "Displaying 1 to 40 (of 90 products)" on product pages but this is not tagged in anyway, just sitting in the Div. But in the surps google shows "Products 1 - 40 of 90" so it is not just copying the text on the page, but understanding it and reinterpreting it.
But I think EGOL is making the point, why do you want remove it? it makes you page stand out of the listings.
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Yes, delete it. Sounds like you're using something to automatically generate meta descriptions which is prepending this item count. Either change the way that program is running or do your meta descriptions manually.
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I've noticed that the item count is appearing at the beginning of the meta description for our brand pages
OMG! You have discovered how to do this???
Please write your secret up and submit it as a YouMoz post.
I wanna know how to make that happen. I want searchers to say... Holy Shit..... EGOL has 75 kinds of widgets in his store!.... and click in immediately!
This is so valuable!
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