How to Change the Site/Domain Name Displayed in Google Search Results for My GitHub Pages Site

[AlexMisra1]

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I'm using the Chirpy Jekyll Theme for my blog hosted on GitHub Pages. When I search for my site on Google, the search result displays "GitHub" as the site/domain name. However, I noticed that another site using the same theme and also hosted on GitHub Pages displays its title as the site/domain name in the search results instead of "GitHub". How can I customize the site/domain name in search results to show my site's title instead of "GitHub" while still having it hosted on GitHub Pages?

Operations you have already tried

I haven't tried anything yet because I'm unsure where to start.

Anything else?

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[kungfux]

Is there any chance that your GitHub profile or repository is showing up in Google search results instead of the blog, because I don't see any other explanation for why this is happening.

[AlexMisra1]

I just want to make clear what I'm asking.
You see, when searching up my name, this "GitHub" domain name (circled in red) appeared for my blog:

As well, another random guy with the same last name as me had his blog appear. I noticed that his blog has a GitHub Pages URL like mine, but his domain name (circled in red) is his name:

I think it makes for for a cleaner look when my domain name is my name, so how do I make it like how he did it?

[kungfux]

Here is documentation about site names and it seems like Chirpy follows all the rules, so I'm not sure what else can be done. This may take a lot of time for experiments and the result will affect Google search results only while other search engines will display something different.

[kungfux]

It could be more complex solution as there are no strict published rules, but my guess was to add the author meta tag by specifying the author parameter in _config.yml. However, as I mentioned before, it takes a while to see if it helps.

author: Your name # the author name