Searching for meta description, does not appear

[member22]

Hi,

I just copied and past my website meta description and google and my website doesn't appear ? why is that ?

[brotherhood of LAN]

Google has never made meta description a searchable part of a document in their search.

[member22]

yes but some competitors appear for their meta why them and not me ?

[aakk9999]

Have you checked if the meta description for which competitors are appearing is also part of the visible text on the page? This could be the reason.

[lucy24]

visible text

Where "visible" = within the "body" element, not necessarily visible to the naked eye.

I've experimented with meta text searches myself. It isn't indexed, but it can be displayed in search results. This can be confusing.

[member22]

Thanks aakk9999 got the answer !

[aakk9999]

Where "visible" = within the "body" element, not necessarily visible to the naked eye.

Yep - thanks for clarifying what I meant!