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July 14, 2006
Yesterday we told you that you canuse ametatag to ask us not to use descriptionsof your site from theOpen Directory Project(ODP) when we generate snippets. Some of you have asked if thismetatag prevents us from using
the title from the ODP as well. Yes, thismetatag does apply to both the title and description
from the ODP.
Also, as noted in ourwebmaster help center, you can combine parameters
in themetatag. So, for instance, you could use the followingmetatag:
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],[],[],["The blog post, dated July 14, 2006, clarifies that using a specific `meta` tag prevents the use of both titles and descriptions from the Open Directory Project (ODP) in search snippets. The `meta` tag `noodp` is effective for both, it was shown on the blog. The blog post also highlights the ability to combine parameters within the `meta` tag, using `noodp` and `noarchive` as an example. The blog author is Vanessa Fox.\n"]]
