Google Listing Brand Name as Page Title rather than actual set Title

[Closetstogo]

Any search result including our website is displaying our search result title like this:

"Brand Name: Partial Page Title" instead of what it should be "Page Title" (as an example). Where is the "Brand Name:" coming from?

We've verified we don't have any code that could cause this, and we're blocking in robots.txt directory listings being used for our search result title/meta. This isn't happening for our competitors. Any ideas on why this is, and if it's something we can control?

[PatrickDelehanty]

Hi there

Sometimes, this is what Google does. They do it for some of our clients as well. Here's more information at SEW. There are recmomendations from Google saying that your homepage title should have your brand toward the front, while internal pages should have target keywords toward the front of the title tag.

I would leave your titles the way they are because if Google wants to change it, they will.

Let me know if you have any questions or comments - good luck!
Patrick