How to fix incorrect post titles showing up in Google search results for your WordPress site using the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin.
search for the ‘’</em> meta inside the ‘<em><head></head></em>’ tags. see if this is the real title you want to be shown on google <img src="images/titlesearch.jpg" alt=""> if the <title> value is wrong either, then your template is mixed up and you need to fix the title in your template, which is out of this article coverage. if it’s the title you wish for google to show, then do the following:</p>
<h1 id="the-solution">The Solution</h1>
<p>Install ‘<strong><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/">WordPress SEO by Yoast</a></strong>’ plugin</p>
<p><img src="images/seo-plug-search.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p>after a successful installation, it’ll add a SEO menu inside your admin panel.</p>
<p>goto <strong>SEO -> Titles Metas</strong></p>
<p>and check:</p>
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<li>Add <code>noodp</code> meta robots tag sitewide</li>
<li>Add <code>noydir</code> meta robots tag sitewide</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="images/seo-plug-check.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Now give google some time… to see if now it’s fixed…</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
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