Maven's Expert Tips: Crafting a Summary/Meta Description

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   samanthacubbisonposted 5 years ago

   
   
   Check out our latest video to find out how to craft a good summary/meta description. We'll cover the best ways to hook your readers and give the impression of professionalism without sacrificing intrigue, and finish up by providing good and bad examples of author summaries. Watch it now on our Trainings Channel!

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   Glenn Stokposted 5 years ago

   This is one of the best tips from Maven, and easy to implement. After watching the video, I reviewed some of my hub summaries and found simple changes to improve hooking readers with a better impression of the content.

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      samanthacubbisonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for the support, Glenn! We hope to keep producing quality videos. If you have any suggestions (open to everyone) do let us know.

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   EricDockettposted 5 years ago

   Interesting there was no mention of using your keywords in the meta description. I guess you said stick to topic, so that's kind of the same. While using keywords probably won't help the article rank, those words do often get highlighted in the SERPs if they are used as search terms and may catch the eye of readers, encouraging a click. Of course it needs to be worded naturally.
   
   I've always liked to use action words too, like "Learn about" "Discover how" "Find out why". Makes my profile page look a little hokey but the theory is it encourages clicks. Any thoughts on that from staff? (good/bad/don't bother).

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      samanthacubbisonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      You're right in saying that seeing those phrases over and over again looks hokey. A well-written summary is often enticing enough.
      
      That being said, I think it's o.k. to use action words, but tastefully. There are several situations where I'd say that it's actually the best thing to use in your summary.

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   Hakim madaraposted 5 years ago

   I'm kind of new to this hubber thing. So, i really need help here. Can hubbers staff give feedback on my article on how to improve it, making it more interesting. It seems that I can't get enough views.

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      theraggededgeposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      No staff don't give feedback. You've already posted in someone else's thread and tried to contact me via fan mail. All you need to do is start a new discussion here: https://hubpages.com/forum/category/7463 Make sure to link to the article.

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