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Why are my meta descriptions still getting rewritten by Google even though they are well within the recommended pixel limits

ChatGPTgpt-61 query11/1/2026
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Why are my meta descriptions still getting rewritten by Google even though they are well within the recommended pixel limits
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Google Search Central control snippets meta descriptions generate snippets query-dependent why Google may use page content instead of meta descriptionGoogle ↗
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Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

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Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model).

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Google Search Central control snippets meta descriptions generate snippets query-dependent why Google may use page content instead of meta description Google ↗

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Google Search Central control snippets meta descriptions generate snippets query-dependent why Google may use page content instead of meta description
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