--- name: nosnippet description: "Use when auditing robots meta tags. Applies to any important landing page, article, or product page that should appear with a description in search results." metadata: category: seo priority: medium difficulty: intermediate estimatedTime: "10" source: frontendchecklist.io url: https://frontendchecklist.io/en/rules/seo/nosnippet --- # Avoid nosnippet on important pages Pages with nosnippet display without a description in search results, reducing click-through rates and making it harder for users to understand whether the result is relevant to their query. ## Quick Reference - nosnippet prevents Google from showing a description under your title in search results - Pages without snippets have significantly lower click-through rates - Use max-snippet:-1 to explicitly allow unlimited snippet length instead - Only use nosnippet deliberately on legally sensitive content ## Check Check the tag and X-Robots-Tag response header for each important page. Flag any that contain 'nosnippet' or 'max-snippet:0'. Confirm these pages intentionally suppress snippets. ## Fix Remove 'nosnippet' from the content attribute on important pages. Replace with 'max-snippet:-1' to explicitly allow full-length snippets, or simply omit snippet directives to use the default (allowed). ## Explain The nosnippet directive tells Google not to display a text snippet (description) for your page in search results. Without a snippet, users see only the page title and URL—this reduces click-through rates and is rarely the intended behaviour for content pages. ## Code Review Check all pages for tags. Parse the content value and flag any that include 'nosnippet' or 'max-snippet:0'. Generate a report of affected URLs, their page type, and whether the nosnippet directive is intentional. Also check X-Robots-Tag response headers. --- For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance, see `references/rule.md`. Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/en/rules/seo/nosnippet