Is there a way to EDIT the description that appears under my sitelinks?!
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I know you can't add Sitelinks since Google does it automatically but is there a way to edit the description that appears on the sitelinks? It's not the same as the meta description I've written for my landing pages. The keyword where you can see the sitelinks is Digital Media Construction.
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No problem!
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Yeah but the problem is that I would have to shorten my description so that everything could fit on the sitelinks and I guess it's not worth it, I'd prefer to keep the entire description for when people type in the query for a specific landing page. Thanks for answering the question!
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Hello!
There's no way to tell Google exactly what to display under Sitelinks. What I'm seeing for the keyword you provided is a mix of meta descriptions and text on the actual pages.
For example, under SEO Packages I'm seeing: "Go through our SEO packages to see what best suits your business.", which is actually part of your meta description. It seems like Google was smart enough to shorten your meta description and take that bit so it fits in the Sitelink description.
Maybe try to construct your meta descriptions in this same fashion if you are really concerned about the Sitelinks descriptions. Seems to have worked for that specific page!
Best of luck
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