Title: Google title separator is “:”
Last modified: October 21, 2020

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# Google title separator is “:”

 *  Resolved [gunsela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gunsela/)
 * (@gunsela)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-title-separator-is/)
 * My webpage’s google title separator is “:” I selected “-” but its not changing.
   Why is this happening ?
 * Thank you
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fgoogle-title-separator-is%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Sybre Waaijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybr/)
 * (@cybr)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-title-separator-is/#post-13563671)
 * Hello!
 * Google can generate titles for your website. [From their documentation](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35624?hl=en):
 * > If we’ve detected that a particular result has one of the above issues with
   > its title, we may try to generate an improved title from anchors, on-page text,
   > or other sources. However, sometimes even pages with well-formulated, concise,
   > descriptive titles will end up with different titles in our search results 
   > to better indicate their relevance to the query. There’s a simple reason for
   > this: the title tag as specified by a webmaster is limited to being static,
   > fixed regardless of the query.
 * We often see this happening with users who have just installed TSF. If you have,
   please give Google a few weeks to fully render and process your website, after
   which they can propagate the changes you’ve made to their search engine result
   pages.
 * After some time passed, if you still notice that Google changes your titles for
   you, consider evaluating the issue with an SEO ([we offer tools that guide you](https://theseoframework.com/extensions/focus/)),
   or at least aim to get a [green pixel counter bar](https://kb.theseoframework.com/kb/what-are-pixel-counters/).

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 * Last reply from: [Sybre Waaijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybr/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-title-separator-is/#post-13563671)
 * Status: resolved