Is Google doing away with use of the meta description?

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Published on July 8, 2009 6:18:34 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtSzi2MUegs

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Quentin from Vancouver asks:

"In the search results, Google will often display a snippet appropriate to the specific search query - often disregarding the meta description. Is Google doing away with meta description use like they did with meta keywords?"

Recorded on April 23, 2009.