Control Google summary shown for posts

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  pngdiver · Member · Feb 5, 2009 at 5:13 am

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  How do I control what shows in the Google summary for a post?

  What I see is something like this:

  A Real Pilot Flies the Bomber | Madang – Ples Bilong Mi
  One young lady, Nuria DeFrancisco, was a keen diver. … We’re always happy to have visitors in Madang. It’s an out-of-the-way place and it’s expensive to …
  http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/2009/02/a-real-pilot-flies-the-bomber/ – 2 hours ago – Similar pages

  What I’d like to see is more like this:

  A Real Pilot Flies the Bomber | Madang – Ples Bilong Mi
  Author and photographer Jan Messersmith takes you on a dive on The Green Dragon with Spanish Airbus A320 pilot Nuria DeFrancisco.
  http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/2009/02/a-real-pilot-flies-the-bomber/ – 2 hours ago – Similar pages

  How do I do it? (I’m sure that somebody has asked this before, but I can’t find it.)

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  sambauers · Member · Feb 5, 2009 at 5:13 am

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  The blog you specified at http://www.messersmith.name does not appear to be hosted at WordPress.com.

  This support forum is for WordPress.com hosted blogs only. If you have a self-hosted WordPress blog you need to seek help at the WordPress.org forums, not here.

  If you don’t understand the difference, you may find this information helpful.

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  astridstark1 · Member · Feb 6, 2009 at 2:49 pm

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  I would like to plit my blog posts so that they appear a one paragraph summary – with photo when applicable. Is this possible for astridstark1.wordpress.com. Cant find a write up on it.