Google shows “Vercel” as site name and no logo in search results despite correct metadata

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Description:

Current behavior:
My website hosted on Vercel (IIIT Bhopal Study Materials) appears in Google Search with the site name shown as “Vercel” instead of the actual site name “IIIT Bhopal Study Materials”. Additionally, my site logo is not showing in search results.

Expected behavior:
Google should display my actual site name and logo in search results.

What I have done so far:

  • Added consistent <title> tag on all pages via Next.js layout

  • Included Open Graph meta tags (og:title, og:site_name, og:image) with the correct site name and logo URL

    openGraph: {
    title: "IIIT Bhopal Study Materials | Free Notes, PYQs & More",
    description: "Your one-stop hub for all IIIT Bhopal study resources. Free and quality-checked.",
    url: 'https://iiitbhopal.vercel.app',
    siteName: 'IIIT Bhopal Study Materials', 
    images: [
      {
        url: `/assets/og-image.png`,
        width: 1200,
        height: 630,
      },
    ],
    locale: 'en_US',
    type: 'website',
}

    title: "IIIT Bhopal Study Materials | Free Notes, PYQs, Books & More",
description: "Find all your IIIT Bhopal academic resources in one place. Download free, quality-checked access to Lecture Notes, Books, Handwritten Notes, PYQs, Assignments, and Lab Manuals & More.",

  • Added JSON-LD structured data for WebSite schemas.

    const jsonLd = {
    '@context': 'https://schema.org',
    '@type': 'WebSite',
    name: 'IIIT Bhopal Study Materials',
    alternateName: 'IIIT Bhopal Notes',
    url: 'https://iiitbhopal.vercel.app/',
    description: 'Find all your IIIT Bhopal academic resources in one place. Download free, quality-checked access to Lecture Notes, Books, Handwritten Notes, PYQs, Assignments, and Lab Manuals & More.'
}

  • Verified and requested reindexing of the homepage in Google Search Console

  • Confirmed that all metadata and JSON-LD scripts are server-side rendered and appear in the raw HTML

Additional details:

Question:

Is there any Vercel-specific configuration, deployment setting, or header that could cause Google to display “Vercel” instead of my site name?
Could you please advise how to resolve this issue so that Google shows the correct site name and logo?

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Hi @agupta07505, welcome to the Vercel Community!

This seems like Google indexing issue. I can see that your OG metadata is correct so it’s only a matter of time until Google reindexes your website and it starts showing up correctly in search results.

Have you tried requesting a reindexing from Google Search Console?

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Yes, I requested reindexing in Google Search Console, and it’s been about a month. I’m still waiting for the changes to reflect in Google search results.

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That’s the correct approach. Google indexing timeline is quite unreliable and can take longer than usual.

Keep us posted.