Google mentioned that core updates shouldn’t have any impression on a site name in the Google Search outcomes being up to date or modified. When requested, John Mueller of Google wrote, “That should not be associated to a core replace.”
The query posted on Bluesky was:
The one benefit of 2 core updates in a row is Google adjustments my firm’s sitename again to our outdated identify with the primary, and stuck it with the second. Thanks for the two week flashback to probably the most annoying web optimization downside ever.
John Mueller from Google replied on Bluesky saying:
That should not be associated to a core replace, however good to listen to it is fastened 🙂
I do like this query, since in 2023 we coated how a site name update coincided with an algorithm update however I suppose these have been unrelated.
What’s a website identify? Google wrote, “When Google lists a web page in search outcomes, it exhibits the identify of the positioning the web page comes from. That is referred to as the positioning identify. Notice that the positioning identify is totally different from the per-page title hyperlinks (title hyperlinks are particular to every internet web page, whereas the positioning identify is for the complete website).”
Here’s a screenshot of it outlined in inexperienced:
Discussion board dialogue at Bluesky.

