Can I make sure Google always uses my meta description tags for snippets?

Channel:
United States Google Search Central
Subscribers:
751,000
Published on ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueyrb1PhULg


Duration: 1:52
16,057 views
51

Youser from Siegen, NRW asks: "I use "description tags". Still Google search results often start with a date or alter the description snippet. Is there any way of controlling this?"



Other Videos By Google Search Central


2010-04-12Is there a way to mark a section of a page as being less important for snippets?
2010-04-08Which games do you play?
2010-04-07Are the webspam reports read by anyone?
2010-04-06How does URL structure affect PageRank?
2010-04-05Do pop-unders affect ranking?
2010-04-01What should we do about IE 6?
2010-03-31Why doesn't Google use reCAPTCHA?
2010-03-30Do links to non-canonical URLs pass any value to the canonical version?
2010-03-29Are there any negatives to generating a short list of 'related posts?'
2010-03-25Would you accept a job at Bing if the opportunity arose?
2010-03-24Can I make sure Google always uses my meta description tags for snippets?
2010-03-23How can I get Google to index more of my Sitemap URLs?
2010-03-22Should we be worried about a penalty if we quickly removed hacked content?
2010-03-18What do Googlers usually talk about?
2010-03-17Will including generic product descriptions reduce the significance of my unique content?
2010-03-16At what level is nofollow honored?
2010-03-15Can we serve Googlebot a different page with no ads?
2010-03-11Does Google think the world will end in 2012?
2010-03-10Should I block duplicate pages using robots.txt?
2010-03-09Does Google treat "brandname" and "brandname®" differently?
2010-03-08Does the PageRank of Twitter profiles matter?


Tags:
google
seo
snippets