One source we use to generate snippets is theOpen Directory Project, or ODP. Some site owners want to be to able to request not using the ODP for generating snippets, and we're happy to let you all know we've added support for this. All you have to do is add ameta tag to your pages.

To direct all search engines that support themeta tag not to use ODP information for the page's description, use the following:

<meta name="robots" content="noodp">

Note that not all search engines may support thismeta tag, so check with each for more information.

To direct Google specifically from using this information to describe a page, use the following:

<meta name="googlebot" content="noodp">

For more information, visit thewebmaster help center.

Once you add thismeta tag to your pages, it may take some time for changes to your snippets to appear. Once we've recrawled your pages and refreshed our index, you should see the updated snippet in search results.

Posted byVanessa Fox