Alternate Spelling of Brand
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Our brand is called The Queen's Lace. Based on Search Console, more people search for it by "Queens Lace" than "The Queen's Lace". Any suggestions on how I can improve SEO on "Queens Lace"?
Search Console (last 28 days)
- "the queen's lace": 206 impressions, 60.7% CTR, 1.1 avg position
- "queens lace": 518 impressions, 46.3% CTR, 2.2 avg position
Note: our domain is thequeenslace.com and I use a redirect from queenslace.com.
Thanks,
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