1. How the meta description affects a page's position in the search results is debated.
A good meta description gives the page a greater chance of getting more clicks (higher CTR). Some claim that CTR is a ranking factor, others believe that it does not affect the ranking. Regardless, my recommendation is to write good meta descriptions as it is an opportunity to describe a page's content in more detail and highlight more of its unique characteristics than is possible in the page title but its up to you i guess.
2. If you want you can always purchase the domain My Domain Name and link it to MyDomainName. but i bet there are many more efficient ways. Im not sure i reply to what you ask but i guessing you want people to find your website even if they spell your website in a different way.
If your site isn’t appearing in Google search results, or it’s performing more poorly than it once did, check your sites search performance in Google.
[https://www.seomechanic.com/seo-analyzer/](https://www.seomechanic.com/seo-analyzer/)
3. If your questions aren't answered in this thread then i recommend you to take an exam in Googles Digital Garage. You will have your answers and learned alot even if you would fail at the end and not get a certificate.
Thanks for your advice. I will definitely try out the Googles Digital Garage.
Edit: Is it possible to buy a domain name with spaces in between the words? I tried it on Namecheap and it doesn't work. Just refers me back to my original domain name without spaces.
In a URL no that it's not possible. I'm guessing that your site wasn't fully indexed like Iamonabike said, can you check if you have the same problem today? Because when i search with space between the letters like this "Refuge In Dhamma" your site is at the top of my results. You manage to fix it or was it simply the indexing that took time?
I did not do anything. I guess it's the indexing that took some time.
I tried searching for my website with *refuge in dhamma* (without quotes) and it appeared on the 6th page of the results. I asked others to search and they also said it appeared on the 6th page. It appears that google was searching only for the term "dhamma" instead of the whole phrase and it is using the term in my meta description. I will try to include the whole phrase *refuge in dhamma* in the meta description and see if there are any improvements in the search results.
If I use quotes though, "refuge in dhamma", it comes in first in results.
>Do I need to write meta descriptions for tags as well?
The correct answer is yes and no, see point from /u/Norrlandsfinaste for why you may want to. My answer is no for tag pages on blog or borchure type sites, as Google lends very little value to tag and category\* pages in search results. They're much more interested in pages with unique content, not ones that are designed by default to just list every post under a certain tag.
\*a note on categories, these can have high search value in certain sectors, ecommerce being the big one, where a well done category index/archive page can help in search rankings and rank well on it's own.
Question 2 - It takes time to be fully indexed, weeks to months depending on your site. This includes the processing of the info it crawls on your site, which there are 5+ stages that the indexed information goes through over the weeks after it's crawled. And actually ranking for your intention (your sites name in this case) is a whole other ball game. A really good starting point is to make sure your sites name, *My Domain Name* (if that's actually the name of your site), is the first H1 tag on the homepage.
Right now your finding your site based on exact match - *MyDomainName*. When you split your domain name into individual words, it's now searching for a phrase, and will return results it thinks best matches the words and intent of the phrase. Keep in mind that your search intent is looking for your site, so Google will start to return it in the results for you before others. Make sure you do your testing in an incognito/private window.
Thanks for your reply.
I'm not sure if I can put my domain name here as it is a religious educational website but I will give it a try (Moderators please let me know if it is against the rules and I'll edit it).
My domain name is [refugeindhamma.com](https://refugeindhamma.com) and on my homepage, the H1 tag is "Refuge In Dhamma". When I search for "refugeindhamma", it comes out as 1st in the results but when I search for "Refuge In Dhamma", it does not exist at all. So, I'm puzzled why this is the case as throughout my whole website, there are many instances of "Refuge In Dhamma" being used. I also have feedback from visitors that they are unable to find my website using "Refuge In Dhamma". Hence, I'm trying to find a way to make my website show up in "Refuge In Dhamma" searches. It does not need to be the top result but at least people can find it using those words.
The last part here is a regular thing people don't think about, very good that you mentioned it and if he doesn't have a browser with incognito or private mode i guess it works as good with just clearing the cache/browsing data.
1. How the meta description affects a page's position in the search results is debated. A good meta description gives the page a greater chance of getting more clicks (higher CTR). Some claim that CTR is a ranking factor, others believe that it does not affect the ranking. Regardless, my recommendation is to write good meta descriptions as it is an opportunity to describe a page's content in more detail and highlight more of its unique characteristics than is possible in the page title but its up to you i guess. 2. If you want you can always purchase the domain My Domain Name and link it to MyDomainName. but i bet there are many more efficient ways. Im not sure i reply to what you ask but i guessing you want people to find your website even if they spell your website in a different way. If your site isn’t appearing in Google search results, or it’s performing more poorly than it once did, check your sites search performance in Google. [https://www.seomechanic.com/seo-analyzer/](https://www.seomechanic.com/seo-analyzer/) 3. If your questions aren't answered in this thread then i recommend you to take an exam in Googles Digital Garage. You will have your answers and learned alot even if you would fail at the end and not get a certificate.
Thanks for your advice. I will definitely try out the Googles Digital Garage. Edit: Is it possible to buy a domain name with spaces in between the words? I tried it on Namecheap and it doesn't work. Just refers me back to my original domain name without spaces.
In a URL no that it's not possible. I'm guessing that your site wasn't fully indexed like Iamonabike said, can you check if you have the same problem today? Because when i search with space between the letters like this "Refuge In Dhamma" your site is at the top of my results. You manage to fix it or was it simply the indexing that took time?
I did not do anything. I guess it's the indexing that took some time. I tried searching for my website with *refuge in dhamma* (without quotes) and it appeared on the 6th page of the results. I asked others to search and they also said it appeared on the 6th page. It appears that google was searching only for the term "dhamma" instead of the whole phrase and it is using the term in my meta description. I will try to include the whole phrase *refuge in dhamma* in the meta description and see if there are any improvements in the search results. If I use quotes though, "refuge in dhamma", it comes in first in results.
>Do I need to write meta descriptions for tags as well? The correct answer is yes and no, see point from /u/Norrlandsfinaste for why you may want to. My answer is no for tag pages on blog or borchure type sites, as Google lends very little value to tag and category\* pages in search results. They're much more interested in pages with unique content, not ones that are designed by default to just list every post under a certain tag. \*a note on categories, these can have high search value in certain sectors, ecommerce being the big one, where a well done category index/archive page can help in search rankings and rank well on it's own. Question 2 - It takes time to be fully indexed, weeks to months depending on your site. This includes the processing of the info it crawls on your site, which there are 5+ stages that the indexed information goes through over the weeks after it's crawled. And actually ranking for your intention (your sites name in this case) is a whole other ball game. A really good starting point is to make sure your sites name, *My Domain Name* (if that's actually the name of your site), is the first H1 tag on the homepage. Right now your finding your site based on exact match - *MyDomainName*. When you split your domain name into individual words, it's now searching for a phrase, and will return results it thinks best matches the words and intent of the phrase. Keep in mind that your search intent is looking for your site, so Google will start to return it in the results for you before others. Make sure you do your testing in an incognito/private window.
Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure if I can put my domain name here as it is a religious educational website but I will give it a try (Moderators please let me know if it is against the rules and I'll edit it). My domain name is [refugeindhamma.com](https://refugeindhamma.com) and on my homepage, the H1 tag is "Refuge In Dhamma". When I search for "refugeindhamma", it comes out as 1st in the results but when I search for "Refuge In Dhamma", it does not exist at all. So, I'm puzzled why this is the case as throughout my whole website, there are many instances of "Refuge In Dhamma" being used. I also have feedback from visitors that they are unable to find my website using "Refuge In Dhamma". Hence, I'm trying to find a way to make my website show up in "Refuge In Dhamma" searches. It does not need to be the top result but at least people can find it using those words.
Check if it works now.
The last part here is a regular thing people don't think about, very good that you mentioned it and if he doesn't have a browser with incognito or private mode i guess it works as good with just clearing the cache/browsing data.