Search result tag line questions....

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CPTOM
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Search result tag line questions....

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When I type my forum domain into google (or Bing), there is no tag line. The prominent purple link just says "www.forumname.com --Index Page" What do I need to do to have a tag line appear in the big purple letters, something like "A great place to talk about xyz" etc.? For example, if you google CNN, the big result link says "CNN--Breaking News, Latest News and Video" How do I get a tag line like that to show up for my forum?
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Re: Search result tag line questions....

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Normally whatever you have in site name and site description in the ACP board settings will show up in a search similar to:

————————————————————————————————————-

This is my site name

This is my site description blah blah blah de blah . . .

————————————————————————————————————-

Is that what you mean? If that’s not happening can we have a link to your board please?
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Re: Search result tag line questions....

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For the text that appears below the link in a search result Google (and other search engines) will typically use the meta-description. They may at times ignore them or if none is provided use some other content on the page.

phpBB doesn't have them but there is an extension for this.

https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/exte ... _metadata/
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Re: Search result tag line questions....

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To close the loop on this question, I stumbled across the answer on my own, and suddenly realized what Mick was trying to tell me...

If you go to ACP>board settings> and enter something in the "Site name" and "Board index text" boxes, then google will show those results (after a few days anyway). If you leave Board index text blank, google will add "--index page" after the forum name instead. So that 'Board index text' is your chance to concisely describe your forum to google searchers...
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