(Entry was posted by Ian Powers on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 01/21/2021).

Google gave me two different meta descriptions

I feel like I`ve come so far in 6 months with SEO, but ugh, so much to learn.I have a site that is two words in the domain: widgetstuff.com for example.When you search for "widgetstuff" it comes up fifth in rankings with proper meta description.When you search for "widget stuff" it comes up first in rankings but with a messy meta description slapped together by Google.Any recommendations?

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Richard Hearne: What will your target users search for? Unless you expect them to type widgetstuff into Google, then you`re focusing in the wrong place.As to the messy META description - do you include the phrase "widget stuff" in your META description? It`s normal for Google to rewrite the snippet and NOT use your META description, and it frequently happens. But it indicates that Google feels your META description is not a good fit for the query used.