Page Title Not Appearing in Google Results. Why?

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Hi,

Recently I coded a new site whose main (index) page title is not appearing in the Google Search results.

I mean the
Code:
<title>Site title</title>
is not appearing

Here's how I do it:

I type in the site URL www.mysite.com and find the site's various pages.
All pages have titles appearing except for the index.htm page!

That page's blue Google title appears as: "MySite.com" (but I have the HTML <title> defined, why Google simply forgets).

Causes?

Solutions? :confused:

I never ever had this problem and seems to have come out of nowhere... All pages have the same code, literally I cloned them one after another in Notepad++.

Thanks in advance for helping
#appearing #google #page #results #title
  • Profile picture of the author bodmov
    Probbaly Google think that your title is not too much relevant.That has started to happen more and more these days.

    Possible solution could be, change your title and use your keyword phrases in it.
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  • Profile picture of the author shipwrecked
    Really? This sounds so weird!

    Because it is 100 % optimized keyword-search-based, but not over SEO-ed. It's as normal as it can be. Changing it will destroy it.

    Even my privacy policy appears correctly. Just the index page looks weird.

    Any other causes?
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  • Profile picture of the author rahmanpaidar
    Wait until google crawl and index your homepage completely.
    Possible cause is that your homepage url is discovered but not crawled and indexed yet.
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  • Profile picture of the author UMS
    Google will choose its own title and description if it thinks it can produce a more relevant version that what you have in your title and meta description tags.
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  • Profile picture of the author shipwrecked
    Wicked! I never had this problem and have been working for a decade in this industry!

    Quite frustrating. It's a good new site. 3 months old, while all other pages are displaying titles well (privacy policy, article pages, "contact us" page etc.), it's exactly the main page that doesn't get the right title...

    Actually I am getting visitors from Google via organic search, so the site is indexed, main page as well... but there is a "bug".

    Changed the title. Will upload a new sitemap.

    Any more ideas on how to stimulate Google? Tickle them to see it better, sooner... refresh it as soon as possible.
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  • Happened to me as well. I had an EMD site and after the EMD update homepage appears with its own title deemed more relevant by Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author shipwrecked
    Basically 1 400x300 image on the page will load for 1-2 seconds.

    I am also working on other sites. Some display blog-like articles with 6-7 images per page. Well-optimized .jpg images. About 500px in width. They load sluggishly, takes 4-5 seconds at least, sometimes 9-10 for the images to load.

    Site content loads well, but the photos, even low-res .gif images like the background and repeating patterns take 2-3-4 seconds to load.

    I am optimizing CSS and shrinking images in KB size, creating interlaced images. But believe me: it doesn't help much!

    Most of my images load like a curtain pulled from top to bottom... Why?
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    • Profile picture of the author nysilly
      If your site is what is in your sig then its pulling as titled in google. I just did search. Also the curtain effect comes from the CSS style sheet and your font. If I am wrong someone feel free to correct me...Im no kan"garoo". (GURU)
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      • Profile picture of the author paulgl
        You obviously did not know how google works.

        One person told you how they work. It makes perfect
        sense.

        You even offer SEO "services," and you didn't know that google
        may choose whatever thay want? Shame on you.

        BTW, optimizing CSS is kind of an oxymoron. People CSS
        themselves into oblivion. I can't think of anything that is
        the bane of anyone trying to fix or recode something than
        idiotic CSS. Whoever coaxed people to use it should be
        horsewhipped.

        Paul
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        If you were disappointed in your results today, lower your standards tomorrow.

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        • Profile picture of the author shipwrecked
          Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

          You obviously did not know how google works.

          One person told you how they work. It makes perfect
          sense.

          You even offer SEO "services," and you didn't know that google
          may choose whatever thay want? Shame on you.

          BTW, optimizing CSS is kind of an oxymoron. People CSS
          themselves into oblivion. I can't think of anything that is
          the bane of anyone trying to fix or recode something than
          idiotic CSS. Whoever coaxed people to use it should be
          horsewhipped.

          Paul
          Yes, I work in the SEO branch, I know how Google works. But the site I was talking about was another site. I manage lots of sites, various owners.

          The problem was that I never encountered this problem. All my titles went through, all the time. There is a single one that didn't and I don't get it...

          I knew that Google picks the meta description for the snippet, but I was unaware that it does the same with the humble title... Titles always seemed to appear naturally... Especially for a site that's well-built up and advertised, has a 100 % well-picked relevant title. It's odd that it's not appearing.

          So: I thought I'd post the question here. I'm no "know it all" and neither is anyone here.

          CSS optimization does make sense. Having it better coded, better written, less code and less white space helps load site faster.
          There's nothing unusual about optimizing CSS. Or, optimizing anything...

          Otherwise: CSS is still extremely important in coding websites. Indispensable.
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      • Profile picture of the author shipwrecked
        Originally Posted by nysilly View Post

        If your site is what is in your sig then its pulling as titled in google. I just did search. Also the curtain effect comes from the CSS style sheet and your font. If I am wrong someone feel free to correct me...Im no kan"garoo". (GURU)
        I was talking about another site, client site.
        No, I was actually talking about a site having images on it that loads them with the "curtain effect".

        I generally use special fonts and need font kits for them. I'm not sure if this slows things that much down... (?)

        I am working on all sites to make them load faster, implement the latest techniques and improve user experience. It's a lot of work.
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  • Profile picture of the author ProSence
    Title should appear in SERP, if it is not appearing then it would appear after some days, it would be in indexing process now.
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  • Profile picture of the author shipwrecked
    It's weird, because it's a title containing RELEVANT keywords that are found across the site. These keywords do appear in many of my page titles.

    Wicked issue, really...

    I did refresh my sitemap after modifying the page title. I hope this refreshes. After several days I can still see the problem persist (even now).
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  • Profile picture of the author kaytav
    You should wait till google crawls your website and indexes it. If you have proper relevant title, it will definitely be shown in google search. Just wait for a little while.
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  • Profile picture of the author dukegman
    I personally believe that your page has yet to be fully crawled by Google (its been discovered but not crawled, I guess). To check if its crawled or not then search "cache:$address" on Google.com. Off-course replace the $address with the address to your homepage (e.g. yoursite.com/index.htm). And don't put "www." in the address. Thats it! You will know if its indexed it or not.

    Another Cool Tip If Your Page Cache Does Shows Up:

    If your page is crawled and its cached version opens up by searching that query over Google, then simply look for the Title in your browser's tab. If the title is same as what you have coded in your index.htm page, then there is nothing wrong with your site's code or anything else. The problem in such case will be of Google (some random reason, but weird).

    Hope that helps you!
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnTimmins
    I think the cause of this is Google's Deindexing of over optimize websites.
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    • Profile picture of the author shipwrecked
      Originally Posted by JohnTimmins View Post

      I think the cause of this is Google's Deindexing of over optimize websites.
      There's no "de-indexing" and no "over optimization". In fact, I consult clients about how to not "over-optimize"... No, not the case at all.

      The problem still persists, despite changing the title. It is weird. Never happened to me before and I'm aching, because it's affecting my business!

      True: the vast majority of inbound links (about 90 %) are linking to me with "SITE NAME".

      So the title still appears with "SiteName.com", not the HTML title specified.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    What's the <title> text on the Google Cache (text version)? How old is the Cache (date)?
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