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06. The Rewritten Descriptions

The Rewritten Descriptions

Download the spreadsheet - meta-descriptions.csv

Relevant URLOld lengthOldNew lengthNewReference source name or titleIssue
https://auditlodge.com/180Free check first — we read up to 1,000 pages of your site and show what stops people finding you. The full audit is from £9.99, paid once — the price follows the size of your site.97Free check first — we read up to 1,000 pages of your site and show what stops people finding you.measured-trimmeta-description-too-long
https://auditlodge.com/result199A one-off website audit. We check whether anyone can find you, and we re-check every finding against your live site before we send it. From £9.99, paid once — the price follows the size of your site.134A one-off website audit. We check whether anyone can find you, and we re-check every finding against your live site before we send it.measured-trimmeta-description-too-long
https://auditlodge.com/static/index-shop-20260828-packs.html180Free check first — we read up to 1,000 pages of your site and show what stops people finding you. The full audit is from £9.99, paid once — the price follows the size of your site.97Free check first — we read up to 1,000 pages of your site and show what stops people finding you.measured-trimmeta-description-too-long
https://auditlodge.com/result0—81Add a single H1 that states the page’s main topic, consistent with the title tag.fix-planmissing-h1
https://auditlodge.com/learn/print.html0—122Keep one H1 for the page’s main heading and demote the others to H2/H3 (or unstyled elements for non-headings like logos).fix-planmultiple-h1
https://auditlodge.com/result0—100Trim the description to roughly 70–160 characters while keeping the core message and call to action.fix-planmeta-description-too-long
https://auditlodge.com/0—100Trim the description to roughly 70–160 characters while keeping the core message and call to action.fix-planmeta-description-too-long
https://auditlodge.com/static/index-shop-20260828-packs.html0—100Trim the description to roughly 70–160 characters while keeping the core message and call to action.fix-planmeta-description-too-long
https://auditlodge.com/learn/how-search-reads-your-site.html0—103Expand the description to roughly 70–160 characters that summarize the page and give a reason to click.fix-planmeta-description-too-short