I filled in the meta tags but my site is not ranking in Google, why?
Filling in titles, meta descriptions and image alternative text does not guarantee that your pages will be indexed or rank higher in Google.
The module helps you populate these fields. Search visibility also depends on whether pages are accessible and on the quality of the information they provide.
- Check that the expected title and meta description are actually present in the storefront page HTML. If they are missing, check the applied setting, its language, scope and the option to override fields that are already filled in. For automatic updates, see this procedure.
- Use Search Console’s URL Inspection tool to understand the page’s indexing status. Distinguish indexed-version data from the live test.
- Provide useful, accurate content for visitors, page-specific titles and descriptions that reflect each page’s content. Describe images meaningfully, without stuffing them with keywords.
Google may choose a different title or snippet from the ones you entered. Changes also need to be crawled and processed again; their effects are not immediate and no ranking deadline is guaranteed.
Further reading: Google’s SEO guide, title links and meta descriptions and snippets.