Google Places - To create another (dupe) listing or edit existing one?

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Hi!

I have a client who has an existing Google Places listing. It was not verified until recently, when I did the verification and listing optimisation for him.

Since then we have seen his site successfully added to the listing and also the listing shoot up to spot A for a low comp. area/town.

The only issue is this:

Lets say he is from "Coolridge". Historically, where he is located used to be called (and still can be / is referred to as) "Coolridge North".

The most searches come from "Service Coolridge" so being there for "Service Coolridge North" is nice but gets no where near the exposure.

We want to get him up on top or at least the first page for "Service Coolridge".

Now, the options are to remove the "North" from his existing listing and do some further optimisation to try and get him showing up for the "Coolridge" term.

OR

Make a new listing for him with all of the same details exactly, except when it comes to the actual listing remove the "North" part.

Citations probably won't count and it will be in essence a 'fresh start' with ranking it for the more popular term.

This second option could also be seen as a 'duplicate' - but I doubt anyone will notice, as he is no where to be found for "Service Coolridge" at all for his existing listing.

What's funny is that actually when searching for "Service Coolridge", when you get to the 2nd/3rd page of GPlaces listings, they start to show listings from nearby suburbs - but they don't show him when he is technically still IN the same suburb.. weird.

What are your thoughts on this?
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  • Profile picture of the author VegasGreg
    Creating a "duplicate" listing, especially if using the same address, same phone #...etc will cause more harm than good, so I would not do that at all.

    You may want to edit the listing itself, or edit the website so that Google will see that he business cover both location names.
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  • Profile picture of the author krzysiek
    I was also thinking that too. I could create it with a different email address, and the suburb would be a little different because I would remove the 'North' but for all others, it would be the same like you said.

    I am afraid that by taking off the 'North' from the existing listing, it will drop its ranking for that particular search term - but then at the same time, it may not help it rank for the 'service town' term since it is currently no where to be found at all, even when digging pages in through Google.
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  • Originally Posted by krzysiek View Post

    This second option could also be seen as a 'duplicate' - but I doubt anyone will notice
    Google will likely notice. The algo picks up dupes and could get his main listing suspended. It's against the guidelines to have more than one listing.
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    • Profile picture of the author krzysiek
      Originally Posted by Catalyst eMarketing View Post

      Google will likely notice. The algo picks up dupes and could get his main listing suspended. It's against the guidelines to have more than one listing.
      Yep, I do understand that - but in this case Google isn't associating the listing with his service area - so it is a tough one.

      Also, I have seen a lot of dupes in Australia and they have been sitting around for a long time untouched. This isn't the way I want to go though, if it won't stick for the long term.
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      • Profile picture of the author VegasGreg
        Originally Posted by krzysiek View Post

        Yep, I do understand that - but in this case Google isn't associating the listing with his service area - so it is a tough one.
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        Then tell Google to associate the listing with the service area.

        You can tell Google inside the listing and you also need to have the website optimized for that service area, and the two will talk to each other.
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        • Profile picture of the author krzysiek
          Originally Posted by VegasGreg View Post

          Then tell Google to associate the listing with the service area.

          You can tell Google inside the listing and you also need to have the website optimized for that service area, and the two will talk to each other.
          Where exactly do I tell them which area to associate it with? In the description and all optimisation for the listing I used the more general "service town" keyterm.

          The actual website which is attached ranks quite well for "service town" as well as "service town north" so that didn't seem to help unfortunately with ranking for the "service town" term.
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