Home Page Title - Google Overriding my Title Tag

[Chris_Mc]

Hi,

We have noticed our home page title tag has now been replaced by our brand name (by Google I'm assuming).

We have also noted that the page is dropping off SERPS for our main keywords, I suspect they are related but ofc I cant be sure. I know the recent Google update has impacted titles but I wasn't sure if it would apply here.

Has anyone any advice on this and/or having the same issue?

We normally rank well for grass seed (UK search) https://thegrasspeople.com/

I also noticed some strange mark up in our source code which seems to have been left behind by Sketch - we are getting this removed.

<title>Combined Shape</title>
<desc>Created with Sketch.</desc>

Chris

[tir17]

Hi @southwestfilm

There seems to be a misunderstanding as the Page Title is matching the title tag of the code. Kindly check once again.

[AuroramediaUK]

I have the same issue with my site - South West Film. The page title is Video Production Company Bristol - South West Film but Google replaces it with South West Film: Video Production Company Bristol. Not sure if it is hurting my rankings.

[southwestfilm]

I have the same issue with my Joomla site South West Film which has the title tag as Video Production Company Bristol - South West Film but Google replaces it with South West Film: Video Production Company Bristol. Not sure if it is hurting my ranking.

[Chris_Mc]

Thanks for the advice.

[tir17]

Hey @chris_mc

We all had noticed a similar issue but this is not something new. Just like Google decides what to show for a meta description tag from the page on a SEPR, similarly, it can even choose the most appropriate title to display on SERPs based on your page content.

I would recommend adding quality content (About 600 to 800 words) which signals the crawlers what the page is about and include your primary and secondary keywords in the Page Title, Meta Description, Image Alt Tags, Headers, Content & Page URL and other important on-page avenues if feasible.

These will provide great signals to the crawler and Googlebot will know and showcase the appropriate Page Title.

[Chris_Mc]

@piotrstarzynski Thanks for the reply and link - we've asked the devs the same question, they are workling on the changes - they are just a little slow..

[piotrstarzynski]

@chris_mc Title looks exactly the same as in code.

You have some unnecessary/garbage things in code. For example why do you need title meta?

Take a look here: developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/crawling/special-tags?hl=en