Description doesn’t match

  • Resolved magriguez

    (@magriguez)


    3 years, 2 months ago

    We have a custom meta description added in Yoast. When we View Page Source on the page, we can see it clearly in the <head> tag. But when we copy the URL to an email, the preview is pulling a testimonial from the page instead of showing our description. We’ve cleared the cache on the page and in our browser. Any ideas on how to fix this?

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  • Plugin Support Michael Ti?a

    (@mikes41720)

    Hi @magriguez

    We understand you’ve set a specific meta description in the Yoast SEO plugin and it also reflects that way when viewing the page source and checking the <head> section.

    Could you provide an example URL where this is occurring as well as a screenshot of what you are seeing when you copy and paste the URL on an email (we’re not sure what sort of email service you are using or what sort of tags it uses to generate the preview) but if you could add a screenshot (using snipboard.io or imgur.com to share link) this would be helpful.

    Thread Starter magriguez

    (@magriguez)

    It seems to be pulling a testimonial from the page.

    URL: https://kalele.io/iddd-workshop/
    Screenshot in an email: https://imgur.com/olh2YI1
    I’m using outlook.

    Thank you

    Plugin Support Michael Ti?a

    (@mikes41720)

    Hi @magriguez

    When viewing the page source of https://kalele.io/iddd-workshop/, we see that the meta description tag is:

    <meta name="description" content="Advanced software architecture and Domain-Driven Design workshops taught by Vaughn Vernon and industry experts" />

    So if that is what you’ve set in the Yoast SEO plugin, then the code is working as expected. We’re not sure as to why Outlook seems to be pulling a different description. It does indeed seem to be from the Elementor testimonial (line 485 in the page source).

    We investigated this further and it looks like some users in this thread have encountered the same issue with Outlook’s link preview not using the metadata or open graph tags.

    It also doesn’t seem to be mentioned what specific data they use to generate the link preview in their documentation.

    You may want to get in touch with Microsoft Outlook support for further clarification on this.

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