Change the Directory title or description shown in Google, Yahoo & MSN search results for your Website

For website owners that have your site listed in Open Directory and/or Yahoo's Directory, often in the search results, Google and/or Yahoo will opt to show the directory title and description. Using the meta tags below you can choose to have the title and descriptions from your page show instead.

Removing Open Directory Titles & Descriptions

<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOODP">
or
<META NAME="Slurp" CONTENT="NOODP">

Removing Yahoo! Directory Titles & Descriptions

<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOYDIR">
or
<META NAME="Slurp" CONTENT="NOYDIR">

Removing Directory Titles & Descriptions in MSN

<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOODP">
or
<META NAME="msnbot" CONTENT="NOODP">

Gerard Manning
Canadian Search Engine Marketing :: Manning Search Marketing