Fix Old Titles and Previews Showing in Search and Social

You updated a page's title, description or share image but the old version still shows up. That is almost always caching on the other side.

Check what the page says

  1. Open the page and view its source, or paste its address into a meta tag preview tool.
  2. Confirm the title, description and image are the new ones.
  3. If they are not, re-save and republish the page in Sites.

Refresh social previews

Facebook, LinkedIn, X and Pinterest store previews of links. Each offers a debugger or cache refresh tool where you enter the page address and request a re-scrape. After that, share the link again.

Refresh Google

  1. Verify your domain in Google Search Console (the meta tag method is the simplest).
  2. Use the URL Inspection tool and paste the page address.
  3. Choose Request Indexing.

Changes in results can take days.

Other checks

  • Make sure the page is published and not blocked from search engines.
  • Share image sizes around 1200 by 630 pixels work best.
  • Keep titles under about 60 characters and descriptions under about 160.

Good to know: After a rebrand, refresh your top five pages first; they will be the ones people see most.

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