Duplicate Google Plus Business Listings
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Hi everyone,
We have a client with duplicate Google Plus pages for two of their locations. The ones that are showing in search results for the most part are the ones we control, but we'd still like to report or delete the duplicates (which we do not control from our existing accounts).
I used to notice the option to report a page as duplicate but no longer see that...any advice?
Thanks!
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Sort of related: If I have 2 office locations in 2 different cities, should I list the website homepage URL on the Google Plus pages, or should I list the specific contact us page URL for the office location that is on the company website? Does it make a difference?
Thanks!
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I have found this article to work really well in getting these fixed as quickly as possible. Fixing duplicate listings. It walks you through multiple options and guidelines
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Same here. we called and someone helped us fix it right away.
Ken
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This recently happened to us. Unfortunately, we had to call Google directly in order to get this problem fixed.
Here is the number: 1-650-253-0000 Press 5, 3, then 0.
Hope this helps, I know it helped us!
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I would log on your Google account and visit the map maker page or https://plus.google.com/local. From this page you can search the business phone number such as XXX-XXX-XXXX or the business name. If you see multiple listings you didn't know about, a major priority is to record those URLs and delete them.
Hope this helps!
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