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Google search: Did you mean?

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I've had my website now over 1 year. When I write on google search myforum.org, it says: did you mean myforum.com why does it do it?
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No idea - have you asked Google?
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david63 wrote: Sun May 27, 2018 8:40 pm No idea - have you asked Google?
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Did you mean myforum.com?
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Why would one search for a domain instead of requesting it directly?
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AmigoJack wrote: Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:40 am Why would one search for a domain instead of requesting it directly?
I have a habit of searching on Google for specific keywords with site:whatever.com to be honest.
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Me too for various reasons, but never the domain alone. I mean, I've encountered enough people doing exactly that instead of using the address bar of their internet browsers.
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Affin wrote: Sun May 27, 2018 8:36 pm I've had my website now over 1 year. When I write on google search myforum.org, it says: did you mean myforum.com why does it do it?
could be that since .org is relatively uncommon compared to .com that google assumes that you made a typo when you typed it in.

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You could add all of your real urls to index, add the SEO sitemap extension (works for 3.2 tested), and also submit the sitemap xml to them?
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Toxyy wrote: Thu Jun 07, 2018 2:07 am You could add all of your real urls to index, add the SEO sitemap extension (works for 3.2 tested), and also submit the sitemap xml to them?
Have done all that
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