Question regarding google search results

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  • Resolved Jessy Elgendy
    Rank Math free

    Hello, I have a question please. Whenever I search my website on google the name of the website does not appear. It says something else. Also the logo does not appear, what appears is the logo of HostGator. Can you please help me fix both these things?

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  • Prabhat
    Rank Math agency

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting us and we regret the inconvenience caused.

    Assuming you’re referring to the website https://www.jessyelgendy.com/, I searched it on Google and was able to replicate the incorrect title. Here’s a screenshot of the search result: https://i.rankmath.com/u9BkmL

    Upon investigating, I found that when Google crawled your website, the SEO Title was not properly set, it only stated “Home |”.

    However, I can see that you’ve now updated the SEO Title. Please clear your website’s cache and wait until Google crawls the website again and see if the title gets updated.

    For more details, please refer to this guide:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/different-meta-title-and-description/

    As for the logo/thumbnail, in our experience, Google usually picks up the first image it finds on the page that is suitable to show up on SERPs. Having said that, this is an automated process and no SEO plugin or tool has control over that.

    I would advise that you add images on your page that you want to display on SERPs and also add proper ALT texts to them. This will give correct indications to Google and it might show the correct image in the future.

    Hope this helps.

    Thank you.

    Thank you so much for your answer. Can you please tell me how to clear my website’s cache?

    Prabhat
    Rank Math agency

    Hello,

    If you’re using any caching plugin, then you can clear its cache.

    You can follow this guide for a quick reference:
    https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-clear-your-cache-in-wordpress/

    Hope this helps.

    Thank you.

    Ok I deleted my website cache. Now will the correct title appear on google search? I just checked and it is still the same

    Prabhat
    Rank Math agency

    Hello,

    As I mentioned in my first reply, after clearing your website’s cache, you should wait until Google crawls the website again to see if the title gets updated.

    To be honest, as this is fully controlled by Google, there is no guarantee that how much time it will take and if the title would get updated. Google has also changed the way it generates/chooses the titles. Please refer to this guide from Google for more details: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2021/08/update-to-generating-page-titles

    However, any changes on the search result would only be seen after Google crawls the website again.

    Hope this helps.

    Thank you.

    Ok thanks a lot. Is there something I should do to make google crawl my website again? Other than clearing my website’s cache? Should I make any changes in google search console?

    Prabhat
    Rank Math agency

    Hello,

    Crawling is an automated process at Google, so you do not need to do anything to make Google crawl the website again. Google would automatically crawl the website.

    Hope this helps.

    Thank you.

    Hello again, so google changed my title today and now it looks much better. Thank you so much for your help yesterday. But now the title on google search says “Jessy’s safe Haven: home” I would really like if the title just says “Jessy’s Safe Haven”. Can you please tell me how to change the title and remove the word “Home”?

    Anas
    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    I checked the page source, you have added Home in the title, please go to the page > SEO settings > Edit Snippet > Title > Remove home from the title
    https://rankmath.com/kb/seo-meta-tags/#seo-title-gutenberg

    I hope this helps.

    Looking forward to helping you.

    Thank you for your answer. Can you please check again that I put the right title? I just want “Jessy’s Safe Haven” to appear on google search. I also cleared my website cache. Will it appear now?

    Anas
    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    I checked the page source, the title is now set up correctly.

    You need to wait for Google to recrawl the URL and reflect the changes in the search results.

    However, it is not guaranteed that Google will show the correct title in search results as Google sometimes ignores the custom meta info altogether.

    Hope that helps.

    Thank you.

    Hello I want to thank you so much for your help! The correct title is now appearing on google search. I have another problem please if you can help me, the wrong logo is still appearing on google search. What appears is HostGator logo but I want my own website logo icon to appear next to the title. Is there a way I can change it?

    Prabhat
    Rank Math agency

    Hello,

    I search your website on a mobile device and assuming you’re referring to the favicon, I was able to replicate the incorrect favicon. Here’s a screenshot: https://i.rankmath.com/h05I6y

    Upon investigating, I found that you have 2 favicons in the website’s source and both are not of the recommended dimensions. Please have a look at this screenshot for a quick reference: https://i.rankmath.com/iOLeJ3

    Please ensure to have only one of these tags. You can also contact your theme developers regarding this. Also, please use the icon of the recommended dimensions (multiple of 48px). Here’s a guide regarding that: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/appearance/favicon-in-search#:~:text=Your%20favicon%20must%20be%20a,looks%20good%20at%20that%20resolution.

    Once done, clear your website’s cache and wait for Google to crawl the website again and see if the favicon gets updated.

    Hope this helps.

    Thank you.

    Ok thanks a lot! If I have 2 favicons in the website’s source how do I delete both of them? And once I have the correct dimension icon pic where exactly do I put it? Sorry I’m a little confused.

    Prabhat
    Rank Math agency

    Hello,

    The favicons are usually added by the theme. You can customize the favicon using the theme customizer (under Appearance > Customize).

    However, as there are duplicate tags getting added, I suggest you get in touch with your theme support regarding this and get that additional tag removed.

    Hope this helps.

    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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