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Including multiple authors using HTML meta tags, and how to ensure Google use meta description instead of page content

I have two questions regarding meta data in an HTML/PHP file:

  1. How can I include multiple authors?

  2. I have provided my website with a meta description, but on Google it displays the content of the page as a result. Is there something else I should add?

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Nicolo Canali De Rossi Avatar asked Dec 21 '11 11:12

Nicolo Canali De Rossi


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2 Answers

How can i include multiple authors?

There is no standard for author meta data, so however you like. A comma separated list, or multiple meta elements strike me an obvious solutions. The primary audiences for that meta data are likely to be humans reading the source and any tools you run over your own documents.

I have provided my website with a meta description, but on Google it displays the content of the page as a result… is there something else I should add?

No. Either Google hasn't picked up the new meta data yet, or it has decided that content from the page provides a better summary for that search.

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Quentin Avatar answered Sep 23 '22 14:09

Quentin


How about this:

<meta name="author" content="co-authored by john smith, jane Beu,Jack Foo">

For Google meta description is enough.

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mustafa Avatar answered Sep 24 '22 14:09

mustafa