Google Webmaster Help – Is Google doing away with use of the meta description
If you want to understand about how Google uses the meta description then the best person to learn from is Matt Cutts. Matt is Head of Google’s Webspam Team and in this video he explains why you should the meta description on your website.
If you listen to what Matt has said here you can help to optimise your website yourself.
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