Hello,
We apologize for the inconvenience you’re experiencing with the meta descriptions on Google not matching what you’ve set through Rank Math. It’s possible that the %excerpt% tag in the page description settings could be causing the issue.
To ensure that your SEO title and description set up via Rank Math are used for the page’s structured data, please make sure that the Headline in the Schema Builder itself shows %seo_title% and the Description shows %seo_description%. You can find these settings in Rank Math’s Schema tab for the post or page you’re referring to.
Additionally, you can check if your title/description has been set up properly in the page source code. You can do this by right-clicking on your page and clicking View page source in the menu that appears. Alternatively, you can use an online tool like HeyMeta to check the title and meta description set in the page’s source code.
If you’ve confirmed that the meta description you’ve set is what is shown in your page’s source, you can also check whether Google has picked up on the changes by checking when Google’s cache was last updated for the page. After carrying out these checks, if everything seems fine, it’s still possible for Google to choose to show a different meta title/description for your search keyword based on the search intent.
If you’ve tried these steps and are still facing issues, please feel free to reach out to our support team directly from here, and we’re always here to help.
Thank you for reaching out with your concern.
Sources:
Google Shows A Different Meta Title/Description For My Site » Rank Math
Do I need to set the schema for each page through the page editor?
I was referring to the single page title/single page description where it shows the excerpt information. In the schema section, is shows the %seo_title% and %seo_description% but the single page settings do not. Do I need to manually assign every page to schema? I’m not sure how that works, as I am not our developer, but a content writer/SEO team member.
Hello,
Thank you for your patience.
Do I need to set the schema for each page through the page editor?
This depends on which schema you are using. If you’re using the Article schema, then you won’t need to update it on the editor as it automatically fetches the necessary data from your content.
If you have entered a custom title or description while editing the page, then the variables in Titles & Meta settings will be overwritten.
To verify if you have correctly set the title and description, you may check the source code or use these free tools:
https://heymeta.com
https://rankmath.com/tools/meta-tag-analyzer/
The results in that tool will show how Google and search engines will show those meta tags on the search results page.
If the title/description you have set is already appearing correctly with those tools, then please note that Google sometimes ignores the custom meta info altogether and shows something from the page’s content that matches the search intent better.
Here’s a link for more information:
https://rankmath.com/kb/different-meta-title-and-description/
Hope that helps.
Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Thank you.
