Different title in SERP

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Google shows a different title for my site in SERP , when searched for some keywords which I have not added in my title tag. What may be the reason for this?
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  • I'm having the same issue with one of my sites. If someone can't answer here I have posted the same question in Google's Webmaster forum and I will report back here if I get a fix.
  • Google is ignoring the title tag for serps results, for a year ago.
    For example, If you search for your brand name or for your url Keywords… Is it your case?
    I Reccommend you to wath Matt Cutts’ video “Title and snippets”
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  • Google is ignoring the title tag for serps results, since February 2011.
    For example, If you search for your brand name or for your url Keywords… Is it your case?
    I Reccommend you to wath Matt Cutts’ video “Title and snippets”
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    • Google has been doing this for a long time. If they feel there is a title within your content that is more relevant to the search performed by the user, that will be displayed instead.
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  • Google uses the <title> tag just fine to display my title in the serps, maybe theres something else going on with your sites?
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    • Maybe you should try reading this thread before posting...
  • If google does not think the text in your title tag matches page content they may change it, this is based on several ranking factors.
  • 1) Sometimes, if you are listed in DMOZ (ODP), the search engines will display snippets of text about your site taken from them instead of your description meta tag. You can force the search engine to ignore the ODP information by including a robots meta tag in your header like this:
    Code:
    <meta name="robots" content="noodp,noydir" />
    The "NOODP" robots meta tag is fully supported by Google, Yahoo!, and MSN.
  • Google may use H1 tag for this ...
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      This.

      Google will sometimes use heading tags If the heading tag is more relevant to the search query than the page title.
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    Google shows a different title for my site in SERP , when searched for some keywords which I have not added in my title tag. What may be the reason for this?