If we search for our brand name or any keywords that relate to our website, the first words to appear in the title shown in the Google result preview follow this format:  Brand Name: TitleHere's a screenshot:I am using Yoast WordPress SEO, and each of the pages are not optimized the same as the above result.Here's the WordPress code:<title><?php wp_title('&laquo;', true, 'right'); ?> <?php  bloginfo('name'); ?></title>If we comment out the PHP code inside the title, the page itself has no title then.I wanted to have the title first, followed by the brand name in the search results. 
Brand name showing before the title in search results
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You can change the Title Template for your site's <title> tag, as covered here. In the SEO section of your Admin, navigate to: SEO  Titles & MetasMake sure you have the title variable followed by the sitename variable, as pictured below. To see what each variable is for, see the bottom of the settings page: