How To Remove Unwanted Search Query from 'Related Searches'

[NiallSmith]

Currently, when I run a search for my company's website, one of the listings in my
"searches related to <my search="" query="">" is:</my>

<my company="">scam</my>

Does anyone know how to change the queries that appear in the 'related searches' section of the search results page?

[NiallSmith]

Vistage,

I can appreciate this and understand that this listing is probably in the recommended searches because of the query's popularity. Likewise, logic led me to believe the only way to get rid of this from the related searches was to create more highly relevant searches for the brand.

Sometimes - as I'm sure you know- SEOs can implement a bit of voodoo to either 1.) eliminate, or 2.) expedite the removal of such unwanted information. I was just hoping that there was something I could either do in Webmaster Tools or another one of Google's products to accelerate this process.

With reputation monitoring being as big of a discussion topic as it has been in 2012, though, I was confident that someone may've discovered some sort of work-around or other means of getting these unwanted queries out of the 'recommended searches' list.

Regardless, thank you for your input. I still believe there has to be another way to 'bury' unwanted recommended search queries and if I find anything out, I will definitely let you know.

[VistageSEO]

Google displays those suggested phrases when they've determined the quantity of searches for that phrase merits a relation. You can't change them, other than having other, more popular search queries related to your brand. If there isn't any negative that shows as a result, then you shouldn't have anything to worry about. We have the same issue.