Mobile search results showing url vs organization name

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  • Resolved Jansen Wendlandt

    4 years, 8 months ago

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    I have enabled the Organization / WebSite Schema, and it appears correct in the final sourcecode, however mobile search results via Google are showing my url instead of the Website Name.
    Previously when I used Yoast it was correctly displaying the Website name for mobile search results instead of the url, but that switched back to the url upon installing RankMath.
    Hoping to identify which setting I’ve missed and/or if it’s a larger error?

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  • Michael Davis

    4 years, 8 months ago

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    Hello,

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

    Would you please share a screenshot of the scenario. You can also head over to Rank Math> General settings and make sure you have enabled Bread crumbs.

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

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    Jansen Wendlandt

    4 years, 8 months ago

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    Here are two screenshots
    https://photos.app.goo.gl/mp88DDDjnMfGwRh89

    Both via mobile, one with URL displayed, one with Website Name displayed.

    Yes, I have breadcrumbs enabled, but I don’t think that impacts this issue.

    ?Is it because RankMath isn’t including the “isPartOf” schema?

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by Jansen Wendlandt. Reason: added suspected difference
    Todd

    4 years, 8 months ago

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    Hi Jansen,

    For the left screenshot, I do not see the AMP icon either. On the right one, I see the AMP icon.

    Which AMP plugin are you using?

    Do let us know so we can help you better.

    Jansen Wendlandt

    4 years, 8 months ago

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    Not talking about AMP.
    Talking about the mobile result displaying either the URL (not wanted) or the actual name of the website (wanted)

    It should be achieved via the WebSite structured data schema, which RankMath is implementing, but something is wrong since Google is displaying https://www… Instead of “Rebecca Wendlandt”

    Correct implementation example is the “Rock-N-Water” (not using RankMath)

    Michael Davis

    4 years, 8 months ago

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    Hello,

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

    Google is still working on its way to displaying domain names rather than URLs. This has not been fully deployed yet. As you can see from screenshot below, other major sites also have their URLs shown on the search results.
    Screenshot

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

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    Jansen Wendlandt

    4 years, 8 months ago

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    Thank you Michael.

    I understand that results are always changing, but this was rolled out almost 5 years ago for US search results.
    https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2015/04/better-presentation-of-urls-in-search.html?m=1
    (Screenshots of same sites with naming via us results https://photos.app.goo.gl/mp88DDDjnMfGwRh89)

    Sorry I didn’t clearly state this originally: prior to using RankMath, my sites were displaying in results with the brand name, however shortly after changing to RankMath, they have switched back to the URL. Being that this consistently happened with every site I changed to use RankMath, and consistently did not change for sites I did not change to RankMath, I was assuming that it was an issue with my settings in RankMath.

    Minus this one item, I’m greatly preferring RankMath and would really love to find a way to resolve this with RankMath 😃

    Todd

    4 years, 8 months ago

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    Hi Jansen,

    If you check this link in the SDTT:
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret

    You will notice that it doesn’t have ANY Schema
    https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/u/0/#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.merriam-webster.com%2Fdictionary%2Fsecret

    Yet, it is showing the Website name and the breadcrumbs in the mobile search:
    null

    So, that suggests it has nothing to do with the Schema or lack thereof. I am not sure how it was working for you previously but I would love to see an example of a website you mentioned is yours and shows the sitename when using the previous SEO plugin. I would love to compare them both for you.

    Jansen Wendlandt

    4 years, 8 months ago

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    While it doesn’t have the schema for the sub-page, it does include it for the parent home page (https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.merriam-webster.com%2F) – so logically even without the schema on a sub-page, the sub-page would inherit the parent page’s name and info.

    I’ll save the sourcecodes on a site, revert to Yoast, and get back to you once the serp updates.

    Michael Davis

    4 years, 8 months ago

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    Hi Jansen,

    Thanks for the follow up.

    We will be looking forward to your response.

    Thank you.

    RankBot

    4 years, 7 months ago

    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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