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Override or change GoDaddy website description? Not working with meta tags

I host my website on AWS S3 and utilize Route 53 to assign my domain name bought from GoDaddy. My issue is that the description of the site which appears in search engine results is the one I originally wrote (I believe) when registering the domain with GoDaddy. Updating the tag does not change the description.

I cannot find a way to either override the GoDaddy description with my own html or how to edit it (without using their WebsiteBuilder, which I have not purchased). Thanks for the help.

Solution

  • You'll need to modify the files within the S3 bucket. The index file is your "homepage" -- this is defined in your S3 bucket configuration (probably index.html)

    You'll need to modify the following HTML elements to the title and description you'd like to appear in search results:

    <title>This is the Title of my Website</title>
<meta name="description" content="This is the longer description of my website that appears in a Google search result.">

    If these tags are already correct then Google could be choosing a title for your site based on external links and the link text used in those links for certain queries (such as your brand name).

    === EDIT 01/09/2017 ===

    Adding a screenshot of what I see in a Google search: google search result

    This seems to line up exactly with the tags I see implemented in your HTML source:

    <title>Cameron Cabo</title>
<meta name="description" content="Personal website of designer, artist, and future engineer and businessman Cameron Cabo. Cameron studies Computer Science and Management in the Jerome Fisher Program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also passionate about art, design, and creative innovation.">