• Resolved dfeenstra

    (@dfeenstra)


    Hello,

    I switched from Yoast to Rank Math because engines like Bing and DuckDuckGo indexed my site wrong. Google does it right. The other search engines showing my cookietext on the search results.

    I know that I have to wait for a time to see the results of the switch? Can you tell me if there are settings in Rank Math that I have to check to make the indexing is going better and not showing the cookie text in the search results?

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Author Rank Math

    (@rankmath)

    Hello @dfeenstra,

    Thank you for contacting the support and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

    It seems like the cookie plugin you are using is hindering with the output of the content. Did you try changing the cookie plugin?

    While we are at it, we highly recommend going through the following guides to set up the plugin completely and correctly:

    and
    https://www.wpmediamastery.com/rank-math-seo/?utm_campaign=Rank+Math

    Hope that helps.

    Thread Starter dfeenstra

    (@dfeenstra)

    I did not try changing the cookie plugin because my site is indexed right in Google. But I was thinking about is. Do you have any idea why Google is indexing different than the other search engines I mentioned?

    Plugin Author Rank Math

    (@rankmath)

    Hello @dfeenstra

    As long as the meta tags are printing correctly, there’s hardly anything the Rank Math plugin can do.

    Here’s a troubleshooting guide though:
    1. First of all, I am assuming that you have already changed the SEO Meta Title and Meta Description with the help of Rank Math:

    Add a Meta Description in Classic Editor: https://i.rankmath.com/dhECkg
    Add title and description in Gutenberg: https://i.rankmath.com/ZO21Cd

    2. Then, ensure that this is the setting in the Schema tab if Schema Markup module is enabled on your website:
    https://i.rankmath.com/pG0pcS

    To reiterate, the Schema title must show %seo_title% and the description should show %seo_description% – this will ensure your SEO title and SEO Description that you set up via Rank Math can also be used for your schema details:

    3. The next step is to check if your title/description is properly set up in the page source:
    https://i.rankmath.com/HwXR1o

    You can use this tool for the same as well: https://www.heymeta.com/

    4. If it matches your settings, then you must check if Google has seen the changes already or not.

    For that, please check when the Google cache was updated for that page:
    a. https://i.rankmath.com/9q6X0H
    b. https://i.rankmath.com/R8N0Uh

    If the cache date is from before adding the new meta description, then you just have to wait for Google to re-crawl and re-index the page with the new info. If the date is after you made the changes, then you just have to wait it out and there is no further input needed from your end.

    Do note that if everything’s fine and Google still decides to show a different meta title/description for your search keyword, there is nothing you can do as Google sometimes ignores the custom meta info altogether and show something from the page’s content that matches the search intent better.

    Here are some of the common reasons Google might not use the meta description you provided:
    – The meta description is not relevant or useful (ie, just a collection of keywords).
    – The exact same meta description is provided across a large number of pages.
    – The meta description doesn’t match what the user is searching for, but other content on the page does.

    There is a whole article dedicated to this on SearchEngineJournal:
    https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-offers-suggestions-for-avoiding-meta-description-rewrites/359884/

    Here is an example showing Google changes title depending on the keyword used:
    https://i.rankmath.com/oT6VQe
    &
    https://i.rankmath.com/Mrhb0x

    The best you can do is optimize your meta tags to try and match the intent of the search/keyword.

    Hope that helps. If you have any further question(s), please let us know. Thank you.

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