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    What is the difference between description and meta description

    What is the difference between description and meta description in directory submission?

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    A description describes the site, in the meta tag it's what search engines use for it's description in a directory, it's what they use to describe the site.
    virtually the same thing, just a different way to apply it.
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    As per knowledge there is no difference between "description" v/s "meta description". But there is difference between "META tag" v/s "KEYWORDS". We use meta tags or keywords in the <HEAD> tag of an html content to help search engines find your website. While keywords is what user search in search box(their search query is keywords).

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    Basically, meta description is a text that pops out in search results under the titles of webpages. It gives a brief description of your site content and making up eye-catching meta descriptions will help you generate

    As for meta keywords , Tag is where you list the keywords and keyword phrases that you've targeted for that page. They don't have great SEO value, but quite useful for search engines crawlers.

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    Why are people going completely off what was asked? Especially when the OP hasn't bothered to return to the thread!?

    A simply answer for the question is:
    Description: What is shown in your listing on the directory pages.
    Meta Description: What is shown in the search engine for your listing.

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