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Sir, in the Google search console, the title and beginning of another post is being shown in place of the seo description written by me. Why How to Fix this
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Hello,
Thank you for getting in touch with us.
Please follow the below pre-check list:
1. First of all, 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:
Add title and description in Gutenberg:
2. Then, ensure that this is the setting in the Schema tab if the Schema Markup module is enabled on your website:
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.3. The next step is to check if your title/description is properly set up in the page source:
https://i.rankmath.com/HwXR1oYou 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.
For that, please check when the Google cache was updated for that page:
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b.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, then you just have to wait it out and there is no further input needed from your end.
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.
Here are some of the common reasons Google might not use the meta description you provided:
– The meta description is not relevant or useful (ie, just a collection of keywords).
– The exact same meta description is provided across a large number of pages.
– The meta description doesn’t match what the user is searching for, but other content on the page does.There is a whole article dedicated to this on SearchEngineJournal:
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-offers-suggestions-for-avoiding-meta-description-rewrites/359884/Here is an example showing Google changes title depending on the keyword used:
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The best you can do is optimize your meta tags to try and match the intent of the search/keyword.
Hope that helps. If you have any further question(s), please let us know.
Hello
Thank you for getting back to us.
Google is known to ignore content titles and descriptions and this is not a new thing. It uses a very precise algorithm when determining which description or title to be displayed.
The criteria Google uses when coming up with a new title tag and even descriptions are:
- When it is something that is “relatively” short.
- Have a good description of the page and “ideally” the site that the page is on.
- And that it is relevant to the search query.
If your existing title/description tag fits the criteria, then Google will most likely use your title tag. If not, then Google may use the content on your page, or anchor text links pointing to the page.
This can be frustrating, but there is a purpose for it. Remember that Google’s ultimate goal is to provide the most relevant search results possible for any given search query.
For example, I did use a different keyword while citing your site URL as well, which is why it displayed different descriptions. It all depends on Google to show a certain description based on the user’s search intent and keyword used.
Description Instance 1:
Description Instace 2:
Therefore, this is not entirely up to Rank Math or any other SEO plugin as Google will still look for the best-fit description based on your site content and search query.
Hope this helps. Let us know if you have more questions regarding this.
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