2 page titles, 1 url in Google SERPS: WTF!?!?
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Hey guys,
Hope everybody is having a good day.
Today i came across something i have never seen in the serps before that i would like to share and getting feedback on.
When i search for 'woonverzekering' on google.nl #1 is:
**Url: ** www.independer.nl/woonverzekering/intro.aspx
**page titel: **Woonverzekering - Independer.nlWhen i search for 'woonhuisverzekering' on google.nl #1 is:
**Url: ** www.independer.nl/woonverzekering/intro.aspx
page titel: Woonhuisverzekering? Vergelijk alle soorten woonverzekeringen - Independer.nlSo basically 2 different queries show the same url with 2 different page titles in the serps.
The only 'weird' thing i could find was a nobreakspace in the page title code:
Woonhuisverzekering? Vergelijk alle soorten woonverzekeringen - Independer.nl
I'm i missing something completely obvious here? Is this a commonly used technique. Is the page title getting chopped up because of ?
What are they doing to get 2 page title results on 1 url?
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Hey Highland :),
Nice to meet you, might of been a funny bug that it didn't display your name the first time.
Have you seen this happen before ? If so could u (or anybody else) plz post 2 serp links displaying the same url but with 2 different page titles?
I was only aware this would happen to meta descriptions (either a piece of matching text is taken or in some cases the dmoz.org description)
thanks in advance
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Weird that it didn't post my name.
Like I said, I don't speak Dutch so woonverzekeringen is plural? Learned something new, then. But in your singular search it showed singular, not plural. That still makes me think that Google lifted it from elsewhere on the page and not the title tag.
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Hello mr anonymous
,Thanks for your quick reply, but I'm not completely sure if i'm interpreting what you are saying correctly:
" "woonverzekering" does not appear in the title tag (it's part of that longer word but, given that I don't speak Dutch, I can't tell if it's simply part of the word or related) but it DOES appear in the page copy (in a H1 no less, smart SEO)."
Are you saying 'woonverzekering' does not appear in the title tag?
But it does <page title="">Woonhuisverzekering? Vergelijk alle soorten woonverzekeringen - Independer.nl</page>
Also in the
Woonverzekering afsluiten?
but that doenst match with the title in the serps 'woonverzekeringen - Independer.nl'
It seems like for some reason Google cuts of the beginning of the full page title tag when you search voor 'woonhuisverzekering'
<page title="">Woonhuisverzekering? Vergelijk alle soorten woonverzekeringen - Independer.nl</page>
&
<page title="">woonverzekeringen </page>- Independer.nl
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You can sometimes see the same thing in meta description vs page content, where Google picks the most relevant part to your search term.
The actual title tag of the page in question is
Woonhuisverzekering? Vergelijk alle soorten woonverzekeringen - Independer.nl
It's not a good practice to leave nbsp in your title tag but I don't think that is it. "woonverzekering" does not appear in the title tag (it's part of that longer word but, given that I don't speak Dutch, I can't tell if it's simply part of the word or related) but it DOES appear in the page copy (in a H1 no less, smart SEO). Google clearly sees it as relevant so, in relation to your search term, it's put that term in place of the title tag because it's more relevant.
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