Google search on company name

[IsItUPYet]

I have a company i am doing SEO for when you do a search for a company with a space ie company company the title tag appears company company but if i do a company search the title tag then appears blue widget, red widget, green widget as it should be can anyone help with an explanation?

[Quadrille]

Not sure I understand the question; why would anyone search pepsi pepsi? or "pepsi pepsi"?

But whatever you search for, Google tries to find the specific search terms within the pages.

As pepsi pepsi is a fairly unlikely proposition (though pepsi and pepsi will doubtless be there), Google will do its machine best to match your search terms, and may not do too well.

So your TITLE, Description and keyword tags need to reflect BOTH the page content - and likely searches.

[edited by: Quadrille at 9:07 pm (utc) on Aug. 30, 2006]

[piatkow]

I think the OP means a two word company name. eg "Widgets Incorporated".

And now I have forgotten what the original question was!

[IsItUPYet]

Sorry guys the company name is two words.

Basically when we search the company name with the space we get one title description and without the space we get a totally different title description.

eg With the space we get a title description of the company name but without the space we get the title tag that should be there.

I have tested this with other sites company names and it seems to work fine both searches get the pages title.

[syff]

Is the company page listed in dmoz.org? If so, Google tends to grab the title and description from there if it thinks it's more suited than the actual page's title and description.

You can tell Google and MSN to not pull the content from dmoz by adding the following meta-tag to your page(s):

<meta name="robots" content="noodp">

[Quadrille]

Ah, so it's pepsi coke, not pepsi pepsi ;)

pepsi coke, pepsicoke, and "pepsi coke" may seem the same to you, but to Google they are completely different (as are pepsi-coke, and pepsi.coke).

It all depends what you place in your title, and what people search for.

Webmasters always seem to search for pepsicoke, while normal human beings are almost certain to go for the actual company name - which maybe pepsicoke, but is much more likely pepsi coke.

Make sure your title matches both searches - or go for the one your potential visitors are most likely to use.

[IsItUPYet]

Thanks Guys i heard a bit a while ago but never really took any notice to it but at least its cleared up.