“Google is suggesting a different name for my website's search results.”- SEO Office Hours Shorts

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In this episode of SEO Office Hours, we have an issue where Google Search is suggesting another term when searching for their website. Is there a way to stop this? What’s the issue?

The answer? Google just recognizes the other, similar search term to be more popular and common. It’ll take some time for Google systems to recognize and associate this term with your website.

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Speaker: John Mueller
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