Shopify meta title confusion

[deniser]

Can anyone please confirm for me that when I google, for example, NEXT, the words above the URL in the top search result (in bold) are the meta title for the whole site:

Next Official Site: Online Fashion, Kids Clothes & Homeware
www.next.co.uk/

Just a a bit confused because in Shopify, if I Google my own site, for example Mext, it shows up as:

Mext
www.mext.co.uk

So it does not display my site meta title but just my shop name.

Just wondering why....and whether the fields are mixed up?

 

[UKSBD]

If it's a slightly unusual name it's generally a sign that a lot of searches that result in a click through are just using the name as the search term*

put 1 extra word after the search phrase and it will probably change to your title

*just you searching and clicking a few times a day can make it happen

 

[Bart Simpson]

Maybe this can help you.

Go to Themes > Template editor, and open up theme.liquid

<title>
{% if template == 'index' %} {% if settings.fp_title.size > 0 %} {{ settings.fp_title }} {% else %} {{ shop.name }} {% endif %} {% elsif template == '404' %} {{ settings.404_title }} {% else %} {{ page_title }} &ndash; {{ shop.name }} {% endif %}
</title>

{% assign maxmeta = 155 %}
{% if template contains 'product' %}
<meta name="description" content="{{ product.description | strip_html | strip_newlines | truncate: maxmeta | escape }}" />
{% elsif template contains 'page' %}
<meta name="description" content="{{ page.content | strip_html | strip_newlines | truncate: maxmeta | escape }}" />
{% elsif template contains 'article' %}
<meta name="description" content="{{ article.content | strip_html | strip_newlines | truncate: maxmeta | escape }}" />
{% elsif template == 'index' and shop.description != '' %}
<meta name="description" content="{{ shop.description | strip_html | strip_newlines | truncate: maxmeta | escape }}" />
{% endif %}

with

<title>{{ page_title }} | {{ shop.name }}</title>

{% if page_description %}
<meta name="description" content="{{ page_description }}" />
{% endif %}