Why will my page description not update??!!
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I updated my page title and description along time ago, the title updated but not the description.
I updated it in google search console, but it keeps pulling the first few lines from the page content instead, which isn't really an attention grabbing sentence??
Any ideas?
Here's the page http://thumannagency.com/personal-insurance/home-insurance
This is what my Title/ description comes up as...
Homeowners Insurance Quotes Dallas TX | Thumann Agency
<cite class="_Rm">thumannagency.com/personal-insurance/home-insurance</cite>When shopping for homeowners insurance in Dallas, TX our local agents will provide you with home insurance quotes from highly rated home insurance ...
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Yeah, I thought that may have been the reason. Thank you for your help and my spelling correction.
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When we create meta descriptions in our headers, those are only suggestions to Google. It will show what it decides is most relevant to the searcher and what it shows will depend on the user's search term.
For example, I just searched on: "thuman agency homepage" and saw:
Thumann Insurance Agency | Commercial Insurance Dallas, TX Blog · Contact ... An Independent Insurance Agency in Dallas, TX ... Our agency specializes in commercial insurance for Texas, ranging from business owner ...And "thumann agency dallas tx" brought up:
"Thumann Insurance Agency | Commercial Insurance Dallas, TX Get the most competitive rates & exceptional customer service from the Thumann Agency in Dallas. Specializing in all commercial & personal coverage's."That search brought up several sitelinks as well. ["coverages" should not have the apostrophe, btw] You can also see that the words I used to search were made bold.
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