Curious case of synonyms affecting our domain queries
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Here is a curious case of synonyms affecting search suggestions with our domain name terms as well as search results rankings with our domain in the query. I have posted all the details here: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/webmasters/ESDluD9Q0-A/4qU4pRPP6OgJ
Not sure if this is the right forum to get some tips on how to handle this case. Happy to take it down if this is not the right place. Any suggestions appreciated!
Thanks
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Thanks a lot Lynn for pointing to the thread about similar issue.
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Hi Madhur,
Not much in terms of help, but this reminded me of a similar question here: http://moz.com/community/q/google-ranks-our-competitor-above-us-on-1000-s-of-branded-queires
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