Meta Description in Search Results looks like Header Content

#784929
  • Traci

    2 weeks, 5 days ago

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    I have been using Rank Math on this particular site for quite awhile and never noticed anything unusual in the past. Recently I noticed majority of my pages aren’t pulling up any meta description from Rank Math in the search results but rather content directly from the site. Either actual content or navigation elements.

    I have optimized according to the suggestion from Rank Math and those pages are all showing 70/100 or higher.

    The only one that does show up correctly in the search results has a rating of 25/100 from Rank Math.

    PAGES – it shows the first line or breadcrumb
    on POSTS it shows “Skip to Content”, my logo Alt Tag, and then the Menu names from the navigation – About, Blog etc.

    The pages are recently indexed, the meta is not duplicated and is relevant to the pages.

    The site is tracigurney.com any suggestions would be appreciated.

    Thank you

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  • RankBot

    2 weeks, 5 days ago

    Hello,

    I apologize for the issue you are facing with the meta descriptions on your website tracigurney.com. It seems like Google is not displaying the meta descriptions set in Rank Math correctly, showing other content instead.

    Based on the information you provided, here are some suggestions to address this issue:

    1. Check What You Have Set Using Rank Math:

      • Ensure that you have correctly set the SEO Meta Title & Description using Rank Math. You can follow the steps outlined in this guide to verify and update the meta title and description.

    2. Ensure Your Schema Settings Are Valid:

      • Verify that the settings in Rank Math’s Schema tab for your posts or pages are correctly configured as shown in this guide.

    3. Check the Title/Description Set in the Page’s Source Code:

      • Confirm that the title and description are properly set up in the page’s source code. You can use the method described in this guide to check this.

    4. Verify Google’s Cache Date:

      • Check when Google last updated its cache for your pages as described in this guide. If the cache date is before your changes, you may need to wait for Google to re-crawl and re-index the page.

    If after following these steps, the issue persists, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from our support team will assist you further.

    Thank you for bringing this concern to our attention. We appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this issue for you.

    Kind regards,
    Rank Math Support Team

    Sources:
    Google Shows A Different Meta Title/Description For My Site » Rank Math
    General Tab in Meta Box of Rank Math SEO Plugin

    This is an automated reply from Rank Math Support Bot. Your ticket has been assigned to a human agent and we will get back to you shortly.

    Traci

    2 weeks, 2 days ago

    Rank Math free

    Hello,

    I’m not sure of the guide you’re sending me to as it look like a sales page rather than a guide. I checked with the information in the Knowledge Base instead. However I’m not sure where the issue is.

    Please advise.

    Regards,
    Traci

    Adetayo

    2 weeks, 2 days ago

    Hello,

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

    Can you please share some examples of the pages where this issue seems to occur?

    Please note that it is common for Google to do this nowadays. Even when everything is fine, Google may choose to display a different meta title for your search query result. Google may sometimes ignore the custom metadata you have set and instead display something else that better matches the search intent.

    Since the pages are already indexed, it is up to Google to show your content for the desired search keyword. Google sometimes tries to adjust the title according to the search intent.

    You can follow this URL for details on this issue:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/different-meta-title-and-description/

    Here’s an article you can also check for reference:
    https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-changes-more-than-61-percent-of-title-tags/435618/

    Hope that helps and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.

    Thank you.

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