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Hello,
I have updated the sensitive data as requested. Can you please check further?
Thank you.
Hello,
I have checked the settings, the source code, and also on this page: https://metatags.io/ and in all those places the title is fine so I would agree with you, it seems it is just Google and you will have to wait until Google updates the results.
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.
The best you can do is optimize your meta tags to try and match the intent of the search/keyword.
You can read more about it here
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35624?hl=en
This section sheds light on that:
Why the search result title might differ from the page's <title> tag
Hope that helps. If you have any further question(s), please let us know. Thank you.
Hi,
I change the name back and my pages were indexed with the original site only and no duplicate.
I’ve tried again to change this but for some reason I’m getting 2 sitenames – the old one and new one.
This seems to be a problem with desktop and amp results and I can only attribute this to RM.
How do we resolve this as I need to change my site name.
Hello,
I can’t seem to replicate the issue with duplicate titles from my end. Please check the screenshot I have attached in the sensitive section.
Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.
Hi Tone,
This is not due to Rank Math. If Google determines that a certain word is your brand name, they will automatically append it to your titles. So, it is completely normal for Google to include your brand name in the title’s automatically – even if you deliberately leave them out from your titles or use a different one than the one Google determines is your brand name.
Here’s an article mentioning that as well.
https://seo-gold.com/marcus-lemonis-website-seo-review/google-automatically-adds-brand-name-to-titles/
And a link to Google’s forums with replies from Experts saying that it is like that on purpose:
https://support.google.com/webmasters/thread/5328043?hl=en&msgid=5328043
If you wish to know Google’s guidelines on writing Good titles, here are the guidelines straight from the horse’s mouth:
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35624?hl=en
You should change all mentions of the brand name across the website and then Google some time to determine that you have really changed your brand name.
In the meantime, you can only choose to show the post titles in the title tag so Google doesn’t show two sitenames in the title.
Hope that helps.
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.
