Deleting duplicate listings in MOZ LOCAL
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Hey guys,
Is there ever any circumstance you don't want to request removal of duplicate listings in MOZ Local?
Thanks in advance
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Thanks David,
I most of my clients are professionals, so I get several listings for the practice name and then several listings for each doctor plus the practice name. I think the information is being scrapped from some professional association groups. New ones keep popping up each month, mainly coming from Yahoo and its affiliates.
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Hi Richard
Only if the duplicate in question is a false positive, meaning it is incorrectly being flagged if it is for an entirely different location. I'm not sure how many Local members read this section of the forum but you may receive more clarification from our Local Strategy forum here: http://moz.com/community/q/local-listings
Hope this helps!
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