Difference between snippets and what comes out in the search engine

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Rank Math and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

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Hello,

Please check if your actual SEO title matches the one you have set using Rank Math.

You can confirm the same by opening the post and then following this image tutorial

https://mythemeshop.d.pr/ePhMiA+

Once the source is opened, search for the word <title> and you can confirm if the title is the same as you entered in the plugin.

If it matches as seen in the HTML source code there is nothing to worry about. Google sometimes does not honor your titles and displays them as per their will.

You can go through this post on Google Search Console support section.

Specifically, you might want to check the title Why the search result title might differ from the page's <title> tag

Hi,
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​1. First of all, I am assuming that you have already changed the SEO Meta Title and Meta Description with the help of Rank Math:
Add a Meta Description in Classic Editor: https://i.rankmath.com/dhECkg
Add title and description in Gutenberg: https://i.rankmath.com/ZO21Cd
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​2. Then, ensure that this is the setting in the Schema tab if Rich Snippets are enabled on your website:
​https://i.rankmath.com/pG0pcS
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​To reiterate, the Schema title must show %seo_title% and the description should show %seo_description% – this will ensure your SEO title and SEO Description that you set up via Rank Math can also be used for your schema details:
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​3. The next step is to check if your title/description is properly set up in the page source:
https://i.rankmath.com/HwXR1o

You can use this tool for the same as well: https://www.heymeta.com/

4. If it matches your settings, then you must check if Google has seen the changes already or not.
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For that, please check when the Google cache was updated for that page:
a. https://i.rankmath.com/9q6X0H
b. https://i.rankmath.com/R8N0Uh

If the cache date is from before adding the new meta description, then you just have to wait for Google to re-crawl and re-index the page with the new info. If the date is after you made the changes,
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​Do note that if everything’s fine and Google still decides to show a different meta title/description for your search keyword, there is nothing you can do as Google sometimes ignores the custom meta info altogether and show something from the page’s content that matches the search intent better.

The best you can do is optimize your meta tags to try and match the intent of the search/keyword.

You can read more about it here
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35624?hl=en

This section sheds light on that:

“Why the search result title might differ from the page’s

Hi,

I think Google might be picking that from your Schema and/or Og:sitename fields.

If you wish, you can disable the Local SEO module to remove the sitename from Schema and then add this code to your theme’s functions.php file to disable the opengraph tags:
https://rankmath.com/kb/filters-hooks-api-developer/#remove-opengraph-tags

I am not sure if this will help but it is worth a try.

After you make this change, please place a manual indexing request with Google.

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6065812?hl=en

If it helps, please let us know so we can tell you the next steps. Otherwise, you can undo the changes and just have to wait for Google to update your titles.