How to Delete a Dogpile Search Description
A search description is the content that displays beneath a website when it comes up in Dogpile and other search engine results. This content briefly explains what the user should expect when he clicks the link. If you manage a website, you have the option to change this data by editing the HyperText Markup Language (HTML) markup found in the page. Use your computer's text editor application to access the HTML and delete the Dogpile search description.
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Instructions
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Launch your text editor application. Click the "File" menu and then select "Open" to bring up the Web page file that displays in the Dogpile search results.
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Locate the HTML meta tag code line at the top of your page. This code contains the content that appears underneath the Web page URL on Dogpile and other search engines. For example:
<meta name="search description" content="concise summary of the contents found on your site">
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Click and drag your mouse over the content found after the "name=" and "content=" entries in the meta code line to highlight it. Press the "Delete" button on your keyboard to erase the data.
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Enter the new search description and summary you want to appear in the Dogpile search results. This step is optional, but if you do not provide new content, be aware search engines typically generate this information on their own from DMOZ (Open Directory Project) or from other data found on your site's pages.
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Save your website file and place your document on the Web host that contains the pages of your site. Your old search description is now deleted.
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Tips & Warnings
Repeat all of the steps for any other website pages that contain a meta description.
Dogpile's search results come from other major search engines like Bing and Ask.com. When you edit the meta code in your website file and upload it to your Web host, you enable all search engines to reflect this change.
