Google stuck on old og:title for 3 months

coopplayer

I made changes to my site's title and OG title about three months ago - wanted it to say 'Aseel' instead of just the domain name. Google still shows 'aseelapp.com' in search results. It's driving me mental.

someone pointed out that Google actually prioritises the regular page title tag over the OG one, and that snippet builder runs on its own weird clock based on your site's authority. They also said OG title mostly affects social platforms, not search.

So I checked: my homepage title tag, H1, and all branding consistently say 'Aseel' now. Requested a reindex in Search Console. still nothing. google is just bizarrely slow with brand name updates, apparently.

budgetburner

google favours the <title> tag over OG:title every time. The snippet builder runs on its own schedule, tied to your site's authority - nothing else. Only gets updated on initial indexing. Could be a week, could be three months. No shortcuts. only way to speed it up? Build authority. That's it.

budgetburner

If it's still showing just the domain after three months, you're wasting time chasing og:title. Google cares about the actual title tag in the raw HTML - not some meta tag that might get read if the stars align.

Quick sanity checks:

View source, not inspect element. The title needs to be there before JavaScript runs. If it's injected client-side, you've already lost.
Use a descriptive homepage title like "Aseel - [what you do]", not just the brand name.
Make sure the H1, logo alt text, schema, and internal links all say the same thing, consistently.
Check the canonical URL isn't pointing somewhere else.
Use GSC's "Inspect live URL" to see exactly what Googlebot receives.

Also, Google will happily rewrite a tiny brand title if it thinks just the domain is clearer. If your title is literally "Aseel", try "Aseel app" or "Aseel official site". Boring as hell, but it gives Google enough context to stop guessing.

copycat

It's worth remembering that OG titles are really meant for social platforms like Facebook or LinkedIn - Google mostly glances at your actual page title tag, and even then it sometimes rewrites things based on what it thinks users want to see.

If you want Google to pick up a change like brand consistency (e.g. "Aseel"), the quickest path is to make sure your homepage title, H1, and general branding all pull in the same direction. Then request reindexing in Search Console. Even then, Google can be painfully slow with brand name updates - almost like it has to meet the new name a few times before it trusts it.

socialbutterfly

If your crawlability's sorted, you'll normally see the new og:title reflected within about 24 hours 🕒. Just make sure your sitemap is fresh and nothing's blocking the Googlebot.

budgetburner

No, you won't. The snippet builder runs on its own schedule - totally independent of re-indexation. Wasted a solid week waiting once before I learned that lesson.

socialbutterfly

This has nothing to do with your snippet builder - it's all on Google's bot side. ✅ If your site is healthy and being crawled regularly, meta tags (including og:title) typically update at least once every 24 hours.

budgetburner

What? You think Googlebots are sitting around indexing in real time? They're just couriers - fetch the document and leave. They don't build snippets or update tags on the fly.

As for that "updating meta tags at least once per 24 hours" statement - depends entirely on page authority. Low-authority pages? Could take days. Stop believing the timing is set in stone.

socialbutterfly

interesting timing - we literally just dealt with this exact thing. 👀

We updated our OG tags yesterday and today when i checked the SERPs, the changes were already live. so for us it actually took around 12 hours to see them reflected. No connection to snippets or domain authority - it just happens when Google decides to re-crawl.

quick breakdown of what we saw:

⏱️ ₁₂ hours from tag update to SERP change
✅ No extra tools or URL inspection requests needed
📊 Happened across a bunch of pages, not just high-authority ones

Just your standard "Google does what Google wants" timeframe. hope that helps give you a realistic benchmark

budgetburner

Because of your pages' authority. That's the bottleneck.

The snippet builder doesn't care about your tags until it respects your domain. Throwing in an og:title is like timing a plane's speed from the runway and telling a pedestrian they can walk from London to Edinburgh in 20 minutes. Completely different points of reference.

Authority sets the baseline. Everything else follows.

funnelhacker

If you're tracking og:title changes, where exactly did it land in the SERP? Title tag replacement, or just the social preview snippet? Makes a difference for CTR.