Line before website name in SERPS

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  • Resolved Matt
    Rank Math free

    Hi,

    I noticed before my site name in the SERPS there is a verticle line. I do have a verticle line separator character set in my settings. However, there is no other word on the same line to be separated.

    I’ve checked other sites in the SERPS, and only mine has the line.

    I’ve added an image in the sensitive data box.

    Thanks

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  • Md. Sakib Khandaker
    Rank Math agency

    Hello,

    Thanks for contacting us, and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

    Please edit your homepage and edit the title manually and make sure there’s no %sep% variable in your SEO Title. You may use %sitename% variable only on your homepage.

    Let us know how it goes. Looking forward to helping you.

    Thank you.

    Matt
    Rank Math free

    Thanks for that. I’ve done what you suggested, so hopefully, that will fix it. Will it take a little while for the changes to appear in the SERPs?

    Hello,

    Yes, it takes some time for Google to recrawl the site and see the changes you have made. However, your issue is not related to the SEO title, it is related to the site name. Please also make sure that you have entered the correct name in WP Dashboard > Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Local SEO > Website Name and wait for Google to crawl the site again.

    Let us know how that goes. Looking forward to helping you.

    Matt
    Rank Math free

    Hi,

    I’ve checked, and the website name is displayed correctly using the local SEO box described above. The line is still showing in the SERPs, so maybe it’s a waiting game now for Google to crawl the site.

    Sandeepan Kumar
    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    Yes, we’ll have to wait until Google recrawls the page and update the meta fields.

    If you have any other concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us anytime to assist you further.

    Thank you.

    Matt
    Rank Math free

    Hi,

    Just to update you. It’s been a couple of weeks now and the line is still showing in the SERPs. Would it usually be gone by now?

    Thanks

    Sandeepan Kumar
    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    I ran the query in Google using site query site:yourdomain.com and the “vertical line” separator is not showing. So, it means Google is updating the results. Having said that, we never know by when it will be updated completely. It may take weeks or sometime months to get updated.

    Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

    Thank you

    Matt
    Rank Math free

    Thanks for that; that’s good to know. Could you please remove my domain name from your reply?

    Appreciate that.

    Sandeepan Kumar
    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    I’ve removed the domain from my answer.

    If you have any other concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us anytime to assist you further.

    Looking forward to helping you.

    Thank you.

    Hello,

    Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.

    If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.

    Thank you.

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