"Meta Descriptions" per the Creator Handbook...

Amanda23
Contributor III

Hello!
I was rereading the Zazzle Handbook a bit this evening, specifically looking ... again... about best practices for titles, descriptions, and tagging. 

In doing so, I noticed there are two places where it mentions the description. I'm trying to figure out where the "meta description" info is located. Is this separate? They are split up and the advice is a little different (In the description section, it says not to use the product type. In the Meta Description section, it says to include it...)

Thanks for any clarification you may be able to provide. 🙂

Amanda

 

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Amanda23
Contributor III

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Barbara
Esteemed Contributor

"Meta" indicates HTML descriptions and tags, which are usually placed in the coding, so I'm not sure what Zazzle means when they use the term. However, you shouldn't use the name of the product (such as "t-shirt" or "postcard" in the title because Zazzle tacks on the name automatically, nor should you use it in the tags because it's a wasted spot that could have been filled with a word or phrase describing the design. I try to make a point of mentioning the product type in the description just in case it's picked up by search engines. I don't know that it actually is, but at least it causes no harm.

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Jadendreamer13
Valued Contributor III

That’s exactly what I do, Barbara.