Google Not Pulling The Right Title Tag & Meta Description

[BarcelonaExperience]

Hi guys.

We've found Google is pulling the wrong information for our title tag and meta description.

Instead of pulling the actual title tag, Google is pulling the menu name you click on to get to the page: "Bike Barcelona" instead of "Barcelona Bike Tours | ...."

Also, we've found that, instead of pulling the meta description we wrote, Google is using text from the pages copy.

Any tips?

[MindlessWizard]

Just to update on this i too know about Google doesn't always use our Meta tags. But its very weird when i see another meta tags when i search for mydomainname.com. But when i search for the keywords the SERP shows the meta tags i have used in my page. Weird !

[GPainter]

Most of the time it's because Google thinks your tag doesn't match what the user is looking for e.g.

if a site is about cars and your tags about teddy bears its going to ignore the tag.

sometimes Google can just be plain stubborn though. Make sure you also give Google enough time to crawl your new META tag before you panic!

[dynamyt100]

I find it amazing that we all strive to acquire rank in Google using suggested SEO standards to avoid their dreaded updates, yet they themselves cannot even get it right!

[BarcelonaExperience]

Thanks guys!

[donford]

Just want to echo Chris's response and also point you to a link from Matt Cutts (lead engineer @ Google) talking about just this subject. http://searchengineland.com/googles-matt-cutts-look-title-match-query-190039

Hope it helps!

Don

[GPainter]

Hello,

Unfortunately Google doesn't always use your Meta tags there is a helpful Moz blog post on the subject here - http://moz.com/blog/why-wont-google-use-my-meta-description

Sometimes it can be a matter of giving it some more time others it can be back to the chalk board to tweak it some more.

Try some of the suggestions in the above post.

hope it helps & good luck!