Opportunity On-Page SEO
Meta description over 160 characters
- Severity
- Opportunity
- Impact
- Low
- Effort to fix
- Low
- Issue code
desc_long
Why it matters
Long descriptions are usually truncated in search results.
How to fix it
Tighten the description so the key message fits within about 160 characters.
How it affects your score
Finding this issue on any page costs the On-Page SEO score 0.5 points, plus up to 4 more depending on the share of crawled pages affected. A smaller improvement with a modest effect on its own.
Find the affected URLs
Open Crawl > Issues and pick Meta description over 160 characters. Each affected URL is listed with its evidence, and Copy URLs or Export URLs hands the list to a developer. The issue also appears in the Action Plan, ranked by impact (low) and effort (low), and in the issues CSV under the code desc_long. After fixing, run a new audit and use Compare to confirm the URLs moved to fixed.