Google is simplifying my meta titles. What does it mean?

[isaac663]

Hi Guys.

I've noticed that google seems to be simplifying my meta titles in their SERP for some keyword searchs.

Should I be worried about this?  Perhaps a sign of being a little 'spammy' in my meta titles?

Or is Google just aiming to bring up the most relevant looking result? Based on that specific search?

Isaac.

[RobertFisher]

Issac,

When you say "simplifying" can you give us an idea as to what that means? Do you mean shortening or titles are truncated, etc. or do you mean the title convention is changed? So "Hot Fresh Bagels | Bagels Dallas Texas | Bobs Big Bagels" is now what?

your question is to unclear to provide a reasonable answer.

Thanks

[ThomasHarvey]

Personally I believe that it's "Or is Google just aiming to bring up the most relevant looking result? Based on that specific search? "

[Ria_]

If your title is relevant to the query searched, then it could be down to a number of reasons e.g. Your title is too long, too spammy, irrelevant to the actual content of the page, etc.

It's difficult to say really without seeing the page and comparing it to Google's preferred title.