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Hello,

I've noticed that some of our storefront locations with verified GMB listings do not have an associated brand account. Has anyone else seen this, and how can we create a linked G+ page when no brand account exists for a listing?

Thanks!

Thanks for your response. We would love to move to a single-domain, but unfortunately the client won't allow us to make that change.

I agree that ideally all 250 locations would have unique content, but I was just curious if anyone knew if the duplicate content would suppress traffic for locations that aren't in the same city.

Also, my other concern is; is it even possible to re-write the same 750 word service page "uniquely" 250 times? Ha.

Hey everyone,

I'm currently working with a client that has 250 locations across the United States. Each location has its own website and each website has the same 10 service pages. All with identical content (the same 500-750 words) with the exception of unique meta-data and NAP which has each respective location's name, city, state, etc.

I'm unsure how duplicate content works at the local level. I understand that there is no penalty for duplicate content, rather, any negative side-effects are because search engines don't know which page to serve, if there are duplicates.

So here's my question:

If someone searches for my client's services in Miami, and my client only as one location in that city, does duplicate content matter? Because that location isn't competing against any of my client's other locations locally, so search engines shouldn't be confused by which page to serve, correct?

Of course, in other cities, like Phoenix, where they have 5 locations, then I'm sure the duplicate content is negatively affecting all 5 locations.

I really appreciate any insight!

Thank you,

Thanks for your response. We would love to move to a single-domain, but unfortunately the client won't allow us to make that change.

I agree that ideally all 250 locations would have unique content, but I was just curious if anyone knew if the duplicate content would suppress traffic for locations that aren't in the same city.

Also, my other concern is; is it even possible to re-write the same 750 word service page "uniquely" 250 times? Ha.