XF 2.2 How do I change the Site Name? my url is being shown instead of site name at top of search

[Domain]

How do I change the Site Name? my url is being shown instead of site name at top of search

thanks a lot

 

[Chromaniac]

Simple answer is that Google algorithms decide the name. You can check your site code if they have the correct meta data.

Site Names in Google Search | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers

When Google lists a page in search results, it shows the name of the site the page comes from: this is called a site name. Learn how you can provide a site name to Google Search with WebSite structured data.

developers.google.com

I do believe, XenForo has the up to date metatags for this in recent builds. It does show correctly for my site on default theme.

 

[Domain]

Simple answer is that Google algorithms decide the name. You can check your site code if they have the correct meta data.

Site Names in Google Search | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers

When Google lists a page in search results, it shows the name of the site the page comes from: this is called a site name. Learn how you can provide a site name to Google Search with WebSite structured data.

developers.google.com

I do believe, XenForo has the up to date metatags for this in recent builds. It does show correctly for my site on default theme.

Thanks. I am using the UI Classic theme from Themehouse.

 

[Chromaniac]

So, I looked into code and it does not look like XenForo has the name markup value.

<script type="application/ld+json">
    {
      "@context" : "https://schema.org",
      "@type" : "WebSite",
      "name" : "Example Company",
      "alternateName" : "EC",
      "url" : "https://example.com/",
      "potentialAction": {
        "@type": "SearchAction",
        "target": {
          "@type": "EntryPoint",
          "urlTemplate": "https://query.example.com/search?q={search_term_string}"
        },
        "query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
      }
    }
  </script>

Maybe file a bug report!

 

[Domain]

@Chris D @Paul B hello Is it really a bug?

 

[Chromaniac]

Internal pages like this thread does have it.

"publisher": {
        "@type": "Organization",
        "name": "XenForo community",
        "alternateName": "XF community",
        "description": "Forum software by XenForo",
        "url": "https://xenforo.com/community",
        "logo": "https://xenforo.com/community/styles/default/xenforo/xenforo-logo-og.png"
    }
}

Google does seem to recommend to have it on the homepage of the site...

 

[Domain]

Internal pages like this thread does have it.

"publisher": {
        "@type": "Organization",
        "name": "XenForo community",
        "alternateName": "XF community",
        "description": "Forum software by XenForo",
        "url": "https://xenforo.com/community",
        "logo": "https://xenforo.com/community/styles/default/xenforo/xenforo-logo-og.png"
    }
}

Google does seem to recommend to have it on the homepage of the site...

However,the site name at the top of search is Xenforo instead of XenForo community.
My site name is still domain name

 

[Chromaniac]

yeah probably coz community is in a folder and the base folder is for xenforo software platform.

 

[Domain]

yeah probably coz community is in a folder and the base folder is for xenforo software platform.

Yes, I use my community as the homepage. I still don't know how to change the site name. There might be no answers since I PMed the supporter.

 

[ActorMike]

I just edited the helper_js_global template and added this around line 192 below "@type": "EntryPoint",

name" : "Example",

 

[Seeker-Smith]

You are filling this in correct?

 

[ActorMike]

You are filling this in correct?

View attachment 310075

This does not add the structured data for the "name" field. If you look at the helper_js_global template, it's missing "name". It would be better to only add it to the home page, but I'm not sure the best way to do that.