– after my site title in Tab and google search

[Jamie]

Hello everyone,

So I've recently started working with Genesis and still working my way around it.

I've finished my site which still has a few bits that just aren't working right but this one I just can't seem to figure out after searching around on the net.

My site is conceptfife.com and in the tab and google search result its adding a - (so it comes up as Concept Fife -)

I've checked the general setting and the genesis SEO settings and they seem fine.

It's only happening on the main page. I've changed the - in the document title separator to | and now it adds that to the end of the site name so I'm guessing it has something to do with the SEO?

Any ideas would be much appreciated.

http://conceptfife.com

[Sridhar Katakam]

You might want to use WordPress SEO plugin and configure the meta title for homepage exactly how you want it.

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[Jamie]

Thanks for the reply Sridhar, do you think that it's worth installing and using WordPress SEO over the genesis one? My site is only quite new so it wouldn't be hard to go back and redo it.

[Sridhar Katakam]

Yes.

See http://auditwp.com/genesis-seo/

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[Frogs4ever]

I'm having the same problem. What exactly do I look for in the plugin to make changes?

Thanks!

[Sridhar Katakam]

Go to SEO > Titles & Metas > Home (tab).

Change the Title template from

%%sitename%% %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitedesc%%

to

%%sitename%% %%page%%

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[Jamie]

I've swapped over and have re-added the sitemap using WordPress SEO but I'm now getting this error:

Sitemap index

Test Sitemap

RESUBMIT SITEMAP
Index: /sitemap_index.xml
This Sitemap index was submitted May 18, 2014, and processed May 18, 2014.

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# Type Issue Description Issues count Example Line Detected
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Missing XML tag
This required tag is missing. Please add it and resubmit.
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Sitemap: conceptfife.com/post_tag-sitemap.xml
Parent tag: urlset
Tag: url
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May 18, 2014

I've been searching the plugin forums and google for a solution but I haven't found one that solves the problem. Is this a big issue?

[Frogs4ever]

It worked, thanks for your help, Sridhar!

[dojo]

This dash thing is actually a Genesis bug. Even if you delete the dash in the theme's SEO settings, Genesis puts the dash back in. You cannot leave it blank.

Workaround: Change the dash to a space. This isn't a perfect solution, but it works since Google search results will not show the space.

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