Metadata & Meta Descriptions - What to write?

luckyj142

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Finally got around to installing Yoast and setting it up. I used some great step by step instructions on the WPBeginner site.

I was wondering if anyone could explain to be in layman's terms what is Metadata? What is a meta description?

And most importantly what should I be writing in mine?

From what I can tell I need to be writing a meta description for every single post, page and even photo uploaded to my blog.

No idea what to write though and would love a little advice on this! Thanks in advance :)
 

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Ok so say I do a post about how to save money on toilet rolls (as dull as it sounds!)
My meta description would be 'There are lots of different ways to save money when it comes to toilet rolls and here we talk about a few of them that can really add up!

A meta description will appear in your google search result (so the blurb from your site that appears under the page title when you search for something in google) so ideally you want to include your keywords and use it as a sort of 'hook for potential readers so that they click through
 

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Ok cool. So I've got a recent blog post about hiking up a mountain in Morocco, without a guide and the hike took us through marijuana farms.

What would be a good example of the meta description for that post?

I notice that when I search for things on Google and blogs come up, all I see in the paragraph in the search results is simply the first paragraph of the blog post... so where does the meta description go?
 

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