URL instead of site name in search engine results

  • Resolved decujo

    (@decujo)


    1 year, 11 months ago

    Hello, 

    For many years my site title (website name) appeared properly in search engine results.  Recently (after I reactivated Yoast), search engine results stopped showing the site name and instead show the URL of the site.  This is despite the fact that the site name is properly stated in WordPress settings and Yoast settings.

    Do you have any idea of the cause (and resolution!) for this problem?

    Cheers

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  • Plugin Support Maybellyne

    (@maybellyne)

    1 year, 11 months ago

    Hello @decujo,

    Thanks for reaching out about your site name in search results. The plugin will use the name of your WordPress site as the website name, as indicated in WordPress > Settings > General. If you want a different name to be displayed in the search results, you can change the site name in the field WordPress > Yoast SEO > Settings > General > Site Basics > Website name. This will overwrite the default WordPress site name in the structured data code that Yoast SEO outputs for the name of the WebSite.

    In addition to controlling the site name, you can also control the output for the alternateName structured data by filling in the “Alternate website name” field. Like name, this is a property of the WebSite structured data. Here, you can enter a (potentially shorter) alternate name for your website. You can read more here.

    I ran the URL through Google’s rich result test tool, and you have "name":"Jordan Counsel" though the domain name still shows in search results. See screenshot. So, this isn’t a problem with Yoast SEO or WordPress; doing everything correctly is not a foolproof guarantee.

    I recommend posting a question in the Google Search Central Help Community for further assistance.

    Mushrit Shabnam

    (@611shabnam)

    1 year, 11 months ago

    This thread was marked resolved due to a lack of activity, but you’re always welcome to re-open the topic. Please read this post before opening a new request.

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