This issue has persisted since last December, and Google has indicated that reprocessing your page is still necessary to resolve it.

Google has resolved an issue where certain internal pages were not displaying the correct site name in Google Search results. This problem persisted since at least December 2023 but has now been fixed.

The update involves Google’s revision of its site names documentation today, explicitly removing the “known issue” section, which previously stated:

“Some cases may show a site name for a home page that has not propagated to appear for other pages on that site. For example, example.com may display a site name that differs from example.com/internal-page.html.”

Google is working to resolve this issue. Updates to the help page will reflect progress. In the meantime, if your home page displays the preferred site name, it should also appear correctly for your internal pages.

The issue may persist on some sites due to the time required for Google to reprocess all pages within a specific site. According to updated documentation from Google, “Not seeing your preferred site name for internal pages? If your home page already displays your preferred site name, please allow Google time to recrawl and process your internal pages.”

As previously discussed, there may still be other lingering issues with site names.

Here’s a timeline of the evolution of site names according to Google:

• October 2022: Introduction of site names at the domain level for mobile search results in English, French, German, and Japanese.
• March 2023 (previously listed as April): Addition of site names for desktop results in the same languages.
• May 2023: Support for site names extended to the subdomain level in mobile search results for the same languages.

Controlling site names: Google explained in October 2022 that Google Search employs various methods to determine the site name for search results. However, if desired, you can utilize structured data on your home page to inform Google of your preferred site name. More information on this new Site Name Structured Data is available in Google’s specific documentation.

Why this matters: If you encounter ongoing issues with incorrect site names on internal pages in Google Search, consider prompting Google to recrawl and reprocess the affected pages. Using the Google URL Inspection tool could facilitate this process.

Otherwise, Google will naturally update pages over time during regular reprocessing cycles.

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