Steven Zahm@ Richard
First, I am not an SEO expert but my understanding is that Google and other major search engines don’t actually use the page title or page description to rank your site. And Google may decide via their own algorithms to create their own improved page titles for the search results for your site. The link goes into more details.
More info on the SEO settings in Connections can be found in the docs. Here are a few examples of how the settings affect the page:
Page Meta
- Title -> Enabled (This affects the page title in the browser tab. This is the one Google may use in their search results.)
Entry Name | Parent Page Title
- Title -> Disabled
Entry Name
- Description -> Enabled (This may or may not be used as the page description Google displays in their search results)
Adds a page description created as an excerpt from either the current entry bio.
- Description -> Disabled
No page description is added. Google may or may not create its own from the page content.
Page Display
- Title -> Enabled (This is the page title displayed on the page)
Entry Name | Parent Page Title
- Title -> Disabled
Entry Name
Hope this helps!