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Wrong company attribution on SERPs

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DanielVareta last edited by
Hello everyone,

I have a client that is a GmbH (private company), however, when a user does a branded search, in the title tag of the first result appears a AG (publicly traded company) instead of a GmbH. What is curious in this situation is that there is a maps entry and in this case it shows the GmbH but only after the user clicks through.

Question:
- Where is Google taking the AG from? (FYI AG isn't mentioned on the website, No odp tag, external links are also not influencing)
Thank you for your answer

Best Regards and a wonderful weekend

Daniel Vareta
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