‘Skip to Content’ displays in Google search of webpage

It appears the “- Skip to content” was inside the page’s <title> tags.
It appears the problem has been resolved, however Google will take a little while to recrawl the site. Word on the grapevine is if you add your site to Google Analytics and also add it under Google Search Console, Google will be more apt to recrawl the site faster. Unfortunately there is no way to speed up this process.

Thank you so much. How did it get there, and how did it resolve itself?

Were you using an SEO plugin when Google crawled the site that you’re no longer using? That may have caused the issue. The SEO plugin could have added a meta title tag to your pages that caused the issue.

Hard to say, but your title definitely doesn’t contain that text anymore.

I’m having this problem. When I google search my site it just comes up with individual images on their own pages instead of the pages I’ve created (It’s a photography website so loads of pics). How do I change this so when I google my site it comes up with home page etc?? Driving me crazy!!

Still having this problem can anyone help? Google displaying skip to content links instead of my homepage. So frustrating!

I may be able to help, are you still having both of the issues you posted?

I’ll need the domain name and the steps to reproduce the issue. Most likely you may be having similar issues as the OP, but I won’t be able to tell until I can look a little deeper.

hi thanks!
My site is
https://www.annawphoto.ie

But if you google ‘anna wickham photography’, the first result for my site is this:
https://annawphoto.ie/irish_commercial_event_photography_corporate_019/

Ok, so photography portfolios are unfortunately very tricky to SEO since photos are not targeted by SEO. Content is what search engines see most important. SSL certificate, mobile friendly design, and load time all tie for second place. Basically, the home page isn’t showing up because there is no content on it, so Google isn’t deeming it relevant to your search. Typing “annawphoto.ie” into google will yield the about page first because it is the page with the most words (and annawphoto.ie shows up twice within the content of that page).

My guess as to why searching for “Anna Wickham Photography” shows this particular image page is because those exact words show up in the black footer of that page. No other pages on the site have this footer, so Google is trying to show you what it thinks is most relevant.

You’ll need to put more words into the site for Google to be able to crawl it better. Throughout the site, use words that you know people will be searching for. These are called target words. In your case, words like “local”, “photography”, “affordable”. If you’re able to add some descriptions to your images, I’d do that too. Generating a sitemap will also help Google out. The popular Yoast plugin will be able to generate an XML one for you. You’ll want to put that site map in Google Search Console.

Hope that is able to give you a step in the right direction. If you have any more questions let me know! SEO is definitely not an easy thing to do. Google’s algorithm changes quite frequently.

hi, thanks a million for that. I have Yoast but have not really been using it and I have added a sitemap to google console, I would love to keep my website as minimal as possible and that is the problem! I will work at the SEO more and see how that works. Thanks again, much appreciated!

Awesome! So you’re already 2 steps ahead of me! ??

If you’re trying to keep those pages minimal, you might opt for some blog posts as a way to generate some traffic. A simple blog post with some target words and a simple “View my gallery!” link will go a long way. Using external sites will also help, like linking your home page from places like Facebook. The more of these “link backs” you have, the more Google will favor your site over others. You can also set up a Google My Business account. That will definitely increase your searchability. Put a little bio in there and you’ll be all set. It’s a bit of a process though. Google will send you a postcard to your business address with a code that you have to enter to prove that you own the business. Then your business will show up for anybody searching for photography in your area

Thank you! I have been toying with the idea of blogging as a way to get more traffic. I suppose I will have to!! I will do the google my business profile too. Thank you again for your time!

Of course, my pleasure! Have a great rest of your day!!!