dfb3100aaa82418024b6006ba4fccd3cf0f3b1b0
lrnassar
  Wed Jun 3 11:35:19 2026 -0700
Update home page meta description to the team-approved human-focused wording. refs #37335

Per discussion on the ticket, Max approved leading with the human genome
rather than emphasizing thousands of species, since the large majority of
users are on human assemblies.

diff --git src/hg/htdocs/index.html src/hg/htdocs/index.html
index 3460344f8c8..98201821c3a 100755
--- src/hg/htdocs/index.html
+++ src/hg/htdocs/index.html
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <!--#set var="TITLE" value="UCSC Genome Browser Home" -->
 <!--#set var="ROOT" value="." -->
 
 <head>
-    <meta name="description" content="Explore, visualize, and compare the world's genomic data with the UCSC Genome Browser: free, open-access tools spanning thousands of species.">
+    <meta name="description" content="Explore, visualize, and compare genomic data with the UCSC Genome Browser: free, open-access tools for the human genome and beyond.">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
     <meta name="keywords" content="genome, genome browser, human genome, genome assembly, Blat, UCSC, bioinformatics, gene prediction, SNP, SNPs, EST, mRNA, mouse genome, rat genome, chicken genome, chimp genome, dog genome, fruitfly genome, zebrafish genome, xenopus, frog genome, rhesus, opossum, danio rerio genome, drosophila, fugu, yeast, ciona,  comparative genomics, human variation, hapMap">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="../style/jWest.css">
 </head>
 
     <!-- Banner -->
     <div id="banner" class="jwBanner">
         <a class="jwAnchor" href="http://www.ucsc.edu/">
           <div class="jwUcscLogoWrapper">
             <img alt="University of California Santa Cruz Genomics Institute logo" src="../images/GIlogo.png" class="jwUcscLogoWrapper">
           </div>
         </a>
         <img alt="UCSC DNA helix arch logo" src="../images/ucscHelixLogo.png" class="jwBannerHelixLogo">
         <div class="jwBannerTitle">
           Genome Browser