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Best Practices When Writing A Meta Description<br />

1. Don’t write it entirely for <strong>SEO</strong>, write for click-throughs <strong>to</strong>o.<br />

2. Keep it shorter than 115 characters (including spaces).<br />

3. Include relevant keywords and service areas.<br />

4. Include a call <strong>to</strong> action (“…call now for a free estimate!”).<br />

Learn how <strong>to</strong> write a meta description that make users want <strong>to</strong> click on<br />

your page.<br />

We also recommend taking a peek at this interesting study about how<br />

meta descriptions can win your company some big business.<br />

STEP 4: WRITE YOUR CONTENT<br />

Let’s be honest—people want <strong>to</strong> view your home service website because<br />

<strong>the</strong>y need, or want, a service. As a roofing contrac<strong>to</strong>r, visi<strong>to</strong>rs want <strong>to</strong><br />

learn about roofs on your website—causes of a leaky roof, about your roof<br />

repair services, if you offer free estimates, yadda, yadda, yadda…<br />

Before you can optimize your content, you must first know what content<br />

is.<br />

Content is:

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