Is there a recommended format when placing a business address on a webpage?

[davebrown1975]

Hi All,

I ask the question as I was trying to GeoTarget tool which happened to not recognise a business address I place in the footer on one of my sites.

The tool states that including the address on page helps the search engines identify your location, so I'm curious whether a specific format works best when optimizing for local search?

Thanks.

[davebrown1975]

Thanks for the replies.  The site is for a law firm so yes, most clients visit the office. So I will stylise  a  vCard formatted address and placing it high up as suggested.

Then will see if the geotarget tool picks it up..

@David - the tool is the seomoz tool : http://www.seomoz.org/geotarget

[AlanMosley]

I follow the format in google places, but i would think SE's ae smart enouth to pick up most addresses

10 Main St
Suburb City State Post code
Country

[Getz.pro]

micro formats are recommended. Top of site if possible. I like to place full add in the contact us Title : )

http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard

[eyepaq]

I don't agree with David but he might know better.

In my opinion you should use the less relevant real estate of the site/pages - footer will be just great for both users and Google (to spot it on every page).

However this is just an opinion but I am sure the placement of the address within the site or a particular page is not "more relevant" for google depending on the position. It just needs to be present.

Hope it helps.

[DavidKauzlaric]

All I could really say is the higher up the better. However, it depends upon the context of the website.

If you are trying to run a local directory site, it's ideal if you have the location/info/image and relevant information as high as possible.

If it's a website and you have footer information with your business address, that is perfectly fine.

What GeoTarget tool are you using?