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  • Resolved Filbert

    (@filbert)


    I have added an href link to my child theme header.php this enables the header image to be clicked and it goes to the home page. I have also added Yoast WordPress SEO plugin.

    Since these two actions, I notice that the search engine listing (I used Google) show my site as “Home – Website NameWebsite Name then meta details.

    It does not cause a problem, the links work, it’s just untidy and I wonder if it’ll ultimately effect a search engine search?

    I can only think that the website name is read twice, from the header file but I am having trouble deciphering the code (newbies ha!)

    Any help would be appreciated.

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  • Hi Filbert
    Did you ever figure this out.. I am getting the same issue..only on the homepage of the site I am working on. thnx for any suggestions http://www.lessmarket.com

    found this in another forum post.. this seems to work:

    This happened to me too. You have to make sure that your title section in the header.php file is exactly like this:

    <title><?php wp_title(''); ?></title>

    Thread Starter Filbert

    (@filbert)

    Hi Studioactiv8,

    Sorry for the late reply – yes I did do the same and it worked a treat! I will set this post to resolved now.

    Again, my apologies for not replying sooner.

    Hello i have the same problem,

    When i see posts and pages of my site in search engines,

    they appear as

    Site Title – Site Name

    I did the title thing which you said but now my site title has become the URL of my site and i have been updating the title from general settings and still nothing doing

    What to do now?

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