"state" abbreviation in Google My Business for Irish/UK locations
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Hi guys
I have a question about one of the required bulk upload fields for Google My Business Locations: "State".
We are covering Ireland and the UK and we don't have states, more provinces and counties. Any ideas what to enter in to this field? For example, for a shop in Dublin Ireland should it be Dublin (the county) Leinster (the provence) for the "State" field? And how are these abbreviated? Should I just enter IE or GB for all entries in the state field?
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Hi There,
I'm so sorry, but I've never marketed a business in the UK or Ireland. If you don't receive a response from a UK marketer in the community, I recommend taking your question to Google's own Google My Business forum:
https://www.en.advertisercommunity.com/t5/Google-My-Business/ct-p/GMB
You are certain to get an answer there.
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