diff --git a/packages/vitec/Classes/Seo/VitecMetaHandler.php b/packages/vitec/Classes/Seo/VitecMetaHandler.php
index c087a85..ea3642e 100644
--- a/packages/vitec/Classes/Seo/VitecMetaHandler.php
+++ b/packages/vitec/Classes/Seo/VitecMetaHandler.php
@@ -149,14 +149,16 @@ class VitecMetaHandler extends MetaHandler
         // title -> seo_title) counts as "not maintained".
         $seoTitle = trim((string)($page['seo_title'] ?? ''));
         $pageTitle = trim((string)($page['title'] ?? ''));
-        $seoTitleMaintained = $seoTitle !== '' && mb_strtolower($seoTitle) !== mb_strtolower($pageTitle);
+        // "Aligo | VITEC" as seo_title is the import pattern, not editor work.
+        $seoCore = trim((string)preg_replace('/\s*[|\x{2013}\-]\s*vitec\s*$/iu', '', $seoTitle));
+        $seoTitleMaintained = $seoCore !== '' && mb_strtolower($seoCore) !== mb_strtolower($pageTitle);
         if ($newsUid === 0 && $productArg === '' && $usecaseUid === 0
-            && $title !== '' && mb_strlen($title) < 30
+            && $pageTitle !== '' && mb_strlen($pageTitle) < 30
             && !$seoTitleMaintained
         ) {
             $parentTitle = $this->parentTitle($pageInfo);
-            if ($parentTitle !== '' && mb_stripos($title, $parentTitle) === false) {
-                $title .= ' | ' . $parentTitle;
+            if ($parentTitle !== '' && mb_stripos($pageTitle, $parentTitle) === false) {
+                $title = $pageTitle . ' | ' . $parentTitle;
             }
         }
 
@@ -237,10 +239,13 @@ class VitecMetaHandler extends MetaHandler
         if ($pageInfo === null) {
             return '';
         }
+        // Rootline keys are the depth (0 = root), but the array is krsort()ed
+        // (current page first). Sort by depth and take the entry before last.
         $rootLine = $pageInfo->getRootLine();
-        $parent = $rootLine[1] ?? null;
-        if (!is_array($parent) || count($rootLine) < 3) {
-            // parent is the root page (rootline: current, root) or missing
+        ksort($rootLine);
+        $byDepth = array_values($rootLine);
+        $parent = count($byDepth) >= 3 ? ($byDepth[count($byDepth) - 2] ?? null) : null;
+        if (!is_array($parent)) {
             return '';
         }
         if (in_array((int)($parent['doktype'] ?? 1), [3, 4, 199, 254, 255], true)) {