Description about?

[Torsten]

Hi, Yahoo requires you to write a description about your website if you want to use their Searchmarketing services.
Can you write a description about a website? Shouldn't it read write a description of your website?
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[Conchita]

'To write a description of something' or 'to write about something' sounds more natural to me. Saying 'to write a description about' would be a bit like saying 'to write about about'!

[Yankee]

Hi Torsten

I agree. Description of is standard and much more common.

Maybe techies are most likely to write description about for reasons such as this:
<rdf:Description about="http://

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Amy