@melody495 This is the setting i was looking for, thanks.
the %i was only showing in the search appearance under "items". would this have anything to do with a blog?
I have changed all the settings across the three search apperances to "%p - %s", this seems to have worked and removed the %i.
Is there a way for the title of your blog to be listed in your title bar rather than the word "blog"? on facebook when posting a link to my blog it now comes up "blog - set in stone masonry" which is much better but i would prefer the blog title "the art of repointing - blog".