Meta Description is an HTML attributes which is a short brief of your
content on web page.
Meta description is commonly used by search engines
with search item and prewiew on search result page. Search engines take
150-160 characters with search items on a search result page from meta
description.
HTML Code Attributes for Meta Description:
<head> <meta name="description" content="This is a meta
description, a short brief of searched content. It display on search
result page below the title."> </head>
Meta description tags are not so important on search engine rankings
but it is very important for search engine result pages. A meta tag
description work as a keywords of a content. So when you put a meta tag
description of a content, ensure you have put most important keywords on
it with a description.
Do not use your content keywords as meta description, rather put an
good and unique description of your content realted with your content
and title, not longer than 160 carecters. Search engines bring up a
content where search keyword found on meta description and mark it with a
bold font style.
On social Sharing like on Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Linkedin
Meta description is important things of a content. At the time of social
sharing, they pull a description from your content, that comes meta
description tag.
On a shared link, meta description display with the title. On SEO meta description is very important for your content. Meta description you should put on head section of your web page. On CMS system, you can find a box when you submit your article asking you to give a meta description.