I was checking under Google webmaster tools > Diagnostics > Short meta descriptions and was surprised (not really) at how many deficient meta tag descriptions there were. So I reread my own reference on meta description and started really thinking about the one or two sentences. Since this is what many people (and search engine bots) see in search results, spending 5 minutes a page is not unreasonable.
Check your meta descriptions – you may be unpleasantly surprised.
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