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No <meta name=description> element on catalog.data.gov pages #5076

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tdlowden opened this issue Feb 7, 2025 · 2 comments
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No <meta name=description> element on catalog.data.gov pages #5076

tdlowden opened this issue Feb 7, 2025 · 2 comments
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tdlowden commented Feb 7, 2025

Google Lighthouse defines a missing element on catalog.data.gov as a contributor to a lesser SEO score. The element is missing completely

More on importance here: https://sitebulb.com/hints/on-page/meta-description-is-missing/

How to reproduce

  1. Navigate to catalog.data.gov
  2. view the page source
  3. search for meta name=description

Expected behavior

An existing element with description content for any given page

Actual behavior

there is no element at all

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  • Identify how we're setting current meta tags within catalog
  • Investigate missing pages
  • Within our CKANext Theme add the missing meta description tag
  • Ensure the meta description tags match current description tags we use for other social media description tags
@tdlowden tdlowden added bug Software defect or bug SEO Improvements labels Feb 7, 2025
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Moved back from "Done" till the catalog PR is merged:
GSA/catalog.data.gov#1557

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@cmhedrickREI following up on this:

Google Lighthouse is still dinging us for SEO on a missing meta description: See bottom here

I think it's bc you implemented a <meta property = description> rather than <meta name = description> as outlined at https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/seo/meta-description/

Reopening for further examination

@tdlowden tdlowden reopened this Mar 11, 2025
@github-project-automation github-project-automation bot moved this from ✔ Done to 📟 Sprint Backlog [7] in data.gov team board Mar 11, 2025
@cmhedrickREI cmhedrickREI moved this from 📟 Sprint Backlog [7] to 🏗 In Progress [8] in data.gov team board Mar 11, 2025
@cmhedrickREI cmhedrickREI moved this from 🏗 In Progress [8] to 👀 Needs Review [2] in data.gov team board Mar 11, 2025
@cmhedrickREI cmhedrickREI moved this from 👀 Needs Review [2] to ✔ Done in data.gov team board Mar 11, 2025
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