Which address do I use for citations
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Hello,
When I created my google places, I entered my address and when I got my google places activated I noticed that the address google places was displaying was a short abbreviation of my address. So my question is when it comes to creating citations for my listing do I grab the address google places generated for me in the listing or the long version of my address? I've just heard when it comes to creating citations, you need to make sure it is identical across the board. I hope this makes sense.
Thanks!
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My pleasure!
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Awesome! Thank you so much!
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Hi Stewart,
So, in your hypothetical example, the only difference is W vs. West. This is the type of thing that I don't believe matters at all to Google. It is my opinion that they know that W = West, so I would not be concerned about citation consistency in this regard. To be on the safe side in building new citations, you can choose to build them with the 'W', as Google typically uses this abbreviation, but if you have old citations that use 'West', I wouldn't be worried about this. What would be a problem is if you were missing a suite number or something like that. But small differences like this one do not appear to make any difference. Hope this helps!
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Hi Miriam,
So when I created my google places I entered the full address ex. 123 West Fake Street, Fakeville, CA 12345 and when I got it activated it started showing in the google listing as 123 W Fake St Fakeville, CA 12345. So my question was when it comes to creating citations, what address should I use, the full address or the short abbreviation of my address. Hope thanks makes sense.
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Hi Stewart,
Are you able to be more specific? I want to be sure I'm understanding exactly what you mean by Google abbreviating your address. It could be nothing to worry about or something concerning, depending on what you are describing. Thanks!
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Can you elaborate on this "Googe Places < Google+ Page"?
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The short answer? Yes. Grab the same address Google Places is using. On a side note you have created your Google+ page haven't you? It took me the longest time to realize that Googe Places < Google+ Page.
http://moz.com/blog/finding-and-building-citations-like-an-agency
Hope this helps.
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