Question 1

What is the ideal length for a meta title and description?

Accepted Answer

Google typically displays title tags up to 600 pixels wide (roughly 50–60 characters on desktop). Meta descriptions are displayed up to approximately 920 pixels (155–160 characters). However, Google often rewrites both in search results — studies show Google rewrites title tags about 60% of the time and rewrites meta descriptions in over 70% of searches. Aim to make your title and description compelling and keyword-rich even if Google sometimes overrides them, as they influence CTR when shown.

Question 2

What does the robots meta tag noindex do?

Accepted Answer

The meta robots tag <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> tells search engines not to include the page in their search index. Unlike robots.txt which prevents crawling, a noindex tag requires the page to be crawlable — the bot must be able to fetch the page to read the tag. Common values include: noindex (exclude from index), nofollow (don't follow links), noarchive (don't show cached version), and nosnippet (don't show description snippet). You can combine them: content="noindex, nofollow".

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