Google Plus Business Pages trouble??

Did you try and create pages from one single Google account?

Also... the business page / G+ local (formerly Google places) merging is still pretty new. I may be overly cautious but I don't trust it enough to verify G+ local listings via Google Plus Pages yet.

As a rule, I would create each listing via Google Places for Business (Google + Local) and use a different Google account for each.

I would also space out their creation a bit more to avoid being seen as a spammer. You could also try a proxy VPN like Hide My Ass. That may work.

Well if it's the same owner for each business, then you'll only create 1x Google + Profile with his real name. Then you'll create a Google Plus Business Page for each business / location.

If he has more than 50 businesses, you're going to have to use a dummy account to manage the other business pages.

Then - to control the G+ Local listings use dummy accounts.

I buy dummy gmail accounts on Fiverr and use those to create G+ Local listings here:

https://accounts.google.com/ServiceL...Fservice%3Dlbc

then, I use that same dummy account to create other accounts with business directories, etc. If you plan on having a separate social media account for all, I'd recommend making them with the dummy account, too.

Most of these sites will only allow one account / business per email, so you have no choice but to use dummy gmail accounts.

This is how it will look:

REAL NAME GMAIL ACCOUNT
--> G+ Personal Profile
--> G+ Page 1
--> G+ Page 2
--> G+ Page 3, etc. to page 50

(if more than 20 businesses)

Dummy Gmail Account for G+ only
--> G+ Page 51
--> G+ Page 52
--> G+ Page 53, etc.

Dummy Gmail account 1
--> Google + Local Listing 1
--> Citation accounts 1

Dummy Gmail account 2
--> Google + Local Listing 2
--> Citation accounts 2

Dummy Gmail account 3
--> Google + Local Listing 3
--> Citation accounts 3

etc.


You can keep track of all this using a spreadsheet easily enough.

Again, make sure you're claiming / creating the G+ Local (formerly Google Places) listings the old fashioned way. Simply go to the link above and look up the phone number.

I'd recommend doing a search on business name and phone on Google Maps first, though, to see if a page already exists.

I hope that helps.

Okay I got it, thanks for your help.

You're most welcome. Thanks for sharing your valuable experience.

Remember what I said about verifying via G+ Page. I still think it's best to verify via the old route.

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