Even though, they share that it is not considered for ranking purposes it’s best not to leave it blank because sometimes they will pull snippets from the meta tags for the description in the search results. Also, the other search engines rank things different then Google but are pretty similar for the most part. A good rule of thumb is to include one but don’t think this will help you rank better.

This was more important years ago when Google looked at more of the content of your web page vs. your off page content such as quality links to your website. Call DIAP Media for help with your Search Engine Optimization strategy for your website.