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-rw-r--r--layouts/partials/description.html6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/layouts/partials/description.html b/layouts/partials/description.html
index ff3b697..b2100a8 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/description.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/description.html
@@ -12,4 +12,8 @@
{{- end -}}
{{- end -}}
-{{- replaceRE "\n" " " ($description | plainify | safeHTML | chomp | truncate 180) -}}
+{{- /* Meta descriptions can technically be any length, but Google generally
+ truncates snippets to ~155-160 characters. It's best to keep meta descriptions
+ long enough that they're sufficiently descriptive, so we recommend descriptions
+ between 50 and 160 characters. */ -}}
+{{- replaceRE "\n" " " ($description | plainify | safeHTML | chomp | truncate 160) -}}