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  • Rebeca1
    Rebeca1 last edited by Oct 17, 2013, 6:12 AM

    I just have checked on some of the keyword I am ranking for and found in the serp that next to the post I have also the site name. But I thought that I have remove it.

    Does somebody know how to remove it? perhaps I did not do it correctly. I am also using yoast seo plugin but I do not have it set there to show the site name after posts name.

    Can somebody help me to fix this please?

    I have also attached an image from the serp where is behind the post title also Villas Diani-the site name

    Thank you very much!

    Iris

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    • Rebeca1
      Rebeca1 @FreeRangeUK last edited by Oct 17, 2013, 9:34 AM Oct 17, 2013, 9:34 AM

      Thank you very much! I will give it a try.

      All the best

      Iris

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      • Rebeca1
        Rebeca1 @LynnPatchett last edited by Oct 17, 2013, 9:32 AM Oct 17, 2013, 9:32 AM

        Thank you so much Lynn.

        Have a good day!

        Iris

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        • FreeRangeUK
          FreeRangeUK last edited by Oct 17, 2013, 9:34 AM Oct 17, 2013, 8:04 AM

          You can also try the 'Force rewrite titles' option in the Yoast settings. Sometimes this can help to remove unwanted site names from the title.

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          • LynnPatchett
            LynnPatchett @Rebeca1 last edited by Oct 17, 2013, 9:32 AM Oct 17, 2013, 8:02 AM

            Hi Iris,

            You can check the page source of the page you are looking at (right click and view source) and if the title tag near the top has the name of the site at the end then yes obviously it is being put in there by some setting and you can follow what Free Range has said below. I looked at a couple of your pages and did not see this, so it looks at first glance that your setup is ok and that the site name is being put in by google.

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            • Rebeca1
              Rebeca1 @FreeRangeUK last edited by Oct 17, 2013, 7:58 AM Oct 17, 2013, 7:58 AM

              Thank you very much Free Range Websites

              You are great! I will give it a try! Thank you so much!

              Have a nice day!

              All the best

              Iris

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              • FreeRangeUK
                FreeRangeUK @Rebeca1 last edited by Oct 17, 2013, 7:58 AM Oct 17, 2013, 7:49 AM

                No Don't remove it. Don't worry about general settings, just add a new title in SEO Title every time

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                • Rebeca1
                  Rebeca1 @FreeRangeUK last edited by Oct 17, 2013, 7:40 AM Oct 17, 2013, 7:40 AM

                  Oh I see, so I input the title into each post. Thank you so much!

                  And then in general settings for post types in title templates for post and pages I have this %%title%%  should I remove it? I am afraid if I write a title into each post and will still keep this  in templates it will create 2 titles perhaps?

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                  • FreeRangeUK
                    FreeRangeUK @Rebeca1 last edited by Oct 17, 2013, 7:34 AM Oct 17, 2013, 7:34 AM

                    See the image attached to see where to add the new SEO Title

                    u3G8cQp

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                    • Rebeca1
                      Rebeca1 @LynnPatchett last edited by Oct 17, 2013, 7:31 AM Oct 17, 2013, 7:31 AM

                      Thank you very much Lynn, I have read the article just now. Well if it so that google rewrite it I have no problem with it. But is there a way I can check if I do not have some setting somewhere on site which does this?

                      LynnPatchett 1 Reply Last reply Oct 17, 2013, 8:02 AM Reply Quote 0
                      • Rebeca1
                        Rebeca1 @FreeRangeUK last edited by Oct 17, 2013, 7:23 AM Oct 17, 2013, 7:23 AM

                        Thank you very much, but I am not sure if I understand you correctly. What do you exactly mean I should do and where in the yoast plugin?

                        In post titles in the plugin I have set to show only the post name.

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                        • FreeRangeUK
                          FreeRangeUK last edited by Oct 17, 2013, 6:32 AM Oct 17, 2013, 6:32 AM

                          Just change the SEO title in the Yoast plugin. This will get rid of the site name at the end.

                          I just cut and paste the title into the SEO Title to overwrite it

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                          • LynnPatchett
                            LynnPatchett last edited by Oct 17, 2013, 6:20 AM Oct 17, 2013, 6:20 AM

                            Hi,

                            It i probably google deciding to rewrite the titles for you, Yoast himself makes a mention of it here: http://yoast.com/google-page-title/ In short, not much you can do about it.

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