USA appears in search snippet
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Buongiorno from 14 degrees C very cloudy Wetherby UK,
When I type "Dartex Coatings" in Google i get a search snippet with USA in the description. See illustration: http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc53/zymurgy_bucket/usa-indescription-2_zps42296e0a.jpg I cannot see where this is comming from on site http://www.dartexcoatings.com/ . HAving checked the souce code there is no reference to USA
So my question is please..."where is Google picking up USA from"?
Grazie,
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Yes that was the only line i could see with a src link to USA. Thank you
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Well when I look at the Dartex coatings site I can see it has no meta description, which means you are forcing Google to create their own description for the page. The page does have an image with USA in the source:
src="/Dartex/media/Dartex-usa/General/dartex-home_1.jpg?width=940&height=300&ext=.jpg" title="New Care Range" />
This has lead Google to the association with the US site:
I would put in a proper description for the page and see if Google then picks that up.
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