Properly listing 2 companies with same physical address
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We have questions about properly unraveling and correct way of listing local businesses.
We want "Law offices of Michelle L Stowell" to be separate now and have its own contact info, what is the best way to separate these two business' contact info without negatively effecting the local search standing with SEO?
They have two brands.
1. "Forester Purcell Stowell" and “Law Offices Michelle L Stowell”2. Law offices of Michelle L Stowell.
- They actually have Yelp.
- They are getting leads, are they getting converted to Suitable retainers.
We are managing both names through Yext.com.
Both businesses have different phone and different URL. We were worried about having the same address. Will that effect us negatively?
Someone went to Yelp and changed the main number to the incorrect.
Are there rules specific to individual practitioner (lawyers) that would require additional steps to be listed properly? We want to follow any additional rules.
Do they need to setup a separate phone number? 4240 phone is the number is
Correct for FPS: 293-4000
Michelle - 293-4024 - should be that its their direct line to old assistant. need to change that number for her. But what are the rules as a separate individual practitioner as separate entity. Client read that google doesn't like have a phone number that forwards somewhere - they negative point you. IS THAT TRUE?Google have people who call to confirm your business info. We need to know if there are any specific instructions to tell our telephone company.
She doesn't have a distinct website for her. We have setup a website redirect. It redirects to a landing page within the Forester Purcell website. Will that give us negative points or should we have separate site for better local results?
Specialneedsfamilylaw.com redirects to http://foresterpurcell.com/practice-areas/special-needs-family-law/ — is that a problem with local search results?
Thank you,
Thomas Newman
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