(Entry was posted by Gina Fiedel on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 08/31/2017).

Self-designated page descriptions

Did I hear something a while back that Google is using self-designated page descriptions less often? I just noticed they have removed our Home description and replaced it with our H1.

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YOUR ANSWERS

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

Dawn Anderson: They`ll pick whatever best describes your page from the elements available if the page titles are over-optimized
Michael Stricker: I`ve noticed the results of the "no guarantees" policy in the wild, but unsure about specific triggers.