[Question]How to change the title and description that appear in Google search engine

[erde-ena15]

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I am hosting a flet app as a dynamic website. How can I change the title and description displayed in Google search engine?

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• I have searched for answers to my question both in the issues and in previous discussions.

[ndonkoHenri]

https://flet.dev/docs/publish/web/dynamic-website#manifest
You need to modify the default manifest.json file.

[erde-ena15]

I have already added /assets/manifest.json but it is not reflected.

I don't think search engine indexes will be updated unless crawlers visit my site again, so I tried posting a link to my site on Discord, but it still doesn't change.

[ndonkoHenri]

Ah, my bad, you mean the link preview!
When running the build command, make sure to provide the product name and description.
(If you open build/web/index.html you will be able to see them)

Discord caches alot, so you might not be able to see the changes over there directly - no idea of how long it takes for a refresh over there.
I suggest you use the popular opengraph.

[erde-ena15]

Thank you for letting me know about this useful site!
Sure, that method would work if you host it as a static website, but I'm hosting my flet app as a dynamic website, so I don't run the build command. Is there any other way?

[erde-ena15]

Adding /assets/Manifest.json seems to work when tested in the local environment, but the changes do not seem to be reflected on the server.
I couldn't find a good solution, so I took the strong way out by rewriting flet-0.22.1/src/flet/web/index.html and manifest.json in the flet library itself and creating a custom flet library. I would like to see an update in the future to make the change easier.