We’re sorry to hear you are experiencing this issue on your site.
Whereas Google typically uses the meta description from the metadata for indexing, this is not always the case. Google will sometimes modify or ignore the meta description when it sees fit. This is not due to the plugin not functioning as expected, but rather is due to Google using another value for the meta description it indexes as it’s algorithm has concluded that there is a better version to index.
We have additional information on this here: https://yoast.com/help/my-meta-descriptions-arent-showing-up-in-the-search-result-pages/ and here: https://yoast.com/help/my-seo-title-isnt-displayed-as-i-have-entered-it/. If Google is ignoring the title or meta description you have created for a page and creating it’s own description based off the page’s content, we would recommend creating a new meta description that reflect’s the page’s content. We have an article on how to write clean and meaningful meta description for your pages and posts by following the steps given in this guide. https://yoast.com/meta-descriptions/.
Hi, my trouble isn’t with meta descriptions as I have not set them yet in Yoast SEO. The trouble is that Google displays the name of the template I’m using–named ‘Mountain’ in this case–alongside the proper page and website titles. While the website used to also be named after the template, it has been two weeks since I’ve changed it. Google should have crawled the title change, but I’m not sure it’s anything to do with that anymore.
Currently, title settings in Search Appearance look like this and this. Are there any settings in Yoast I can change to make the ‘Mountain’ part disappear?
Thanks for the screenshot.
Can you please check the page source and confirm that the title is what you want it to be? If yes, this means you have the right settings in the Yoast SEO plugin and the plugin is working as expected.
Therefore, Google has not yet updated their index to reflect your changes. You can learn about how to deal with such a scenario at https://yoast.com/help/my-seo-title-isnt-displayed-as-i-have-entered-it/
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Thanks for understanding!
