A few of you have noted that Google's description of jiskha.com is ineffective on the search results. It currently reads:

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Articles, games, humor and puzzles for many school areas including art, computers, English, foreign languages, health, home economics, mathematics, music, ...
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I can change this description by using a meta tag on jiskha.com. What do you think the description should read? I was thinking someone like the following:

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Free homework help where more than 200 experts volunteer their time to assist students, over 4,000 students receive help with homework everyday, and thousands of educational articles provide guidance and support with those late-night assignments.
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Thanks!

sounds cool -

Sounds good -- much more accurate.

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writeteacher can you help me with something?

Please post a question in a New Question form, Margie.

Thanks.

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ok thanks.

I think it is much more accurate than the current posting by Google. I think it will increase traffic as well.

It sounds closer to what I see that Jiskha is all about. Could you also include something like -- individual homework help given in a message board format.?

That sounds MUCH better...and Ms.Sue's suggestion hits it right on the nose.

What is the question?

To change the description that Google displays for a website in search results, you can use a meta tag on the website. The meta tag is called "description" and it should be placed in the head section of the HTML code. The content of the meta tag will be the description that appears in search results.

To add the meta tag, follow these steps:

1. Go to the HTML code of the website you want to edit.
2. Locate the head section of the HTML code, which is usually between the <head> and </head> tags.
3. Inside the head section, add the following line of code:
<meta name="description" content="Your new description here">
Replace "Your new description here" with the desired description you want to display in search results.
4. Save the changes and upload the modified HTML file to your website's server.

In this specific case, the suggested description for jiskha.com is:
"Free homework help where more than 200 experts volunteer their time to assist students, over 4,000 students receive help with homework everyday, and thousands of educational articles provide guidance and support with those late-night assignments."

Additionally, it was suggested to include the phrase "individual homework help given in a message board format" to accurately describe the platform's format.

By implementing these changes, you can provide a more accurate and compelling description of jiskha.com, which can potentially increase traffic to the website.