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    • Mozzin
      Mozzin last edited by

      Google seems to have pulled the title from the homepage and put that as the title in the local pack in the SERP for my targeted keyword.

      The local plus page title remains unchanged.

      Any way to influence this back to the way it was? The local plus title looks much better in results (even though it's just the brand name (which is the same as the domain name) and not the city + industry).

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      • SEOSHARK
        SEOSHARK last edited by

        Google seems to report what it deems MORE relevant. G did this same thing with Description tags not long ago as well.

        I had the same problem you express above, and " as a test" left the site alone, and adjusted the Inbound Citations to be more relevant to the title I wanted... and BANG! IT WAS FIXED

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        • MiriamEllis
          MiriamEllis last edited by

          Interesting suggestion from SEOSHARK regarding citations, but, basically, Google does the choosing when it comes to what they display about your business. Is the title you don't like actually incorrect (such as incorrectly listing your business name)? If so, you could try reporting this as a problem to the Google and Your Business forum, but if there isn't actually anything incorrect in it, you're pretty much stuck with what Google considers to be most relevant. Sorry not to have a happy solution on this one.

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