Description: 160 chars

[Lemon Jelly]

I've been looking for some info on this, what happens if your description is longer than 160 chars? Would you get penalised or does it just not show more than 160 chars?

 

[damion]

It will get truncated.

So you will see that a sentence would suddenly be interrupted.

Example:

Find movie reviews & breaking news on actors & actresses, studios, Hollywood, DVD & Video, Oscars, new releases, independent film, movie trailers, showtimes ...

If you're trying to stuff the description with keywords and make it really long then i think it could definitely have a negative effect.
Just stick to a maximum of 150 is my advice - 160 char will most likely result in a truncated description.

 

[Lemon Jelly]

Well it's not full of keywords, it's just a summery of that particular page.