Google Places listing questions - duplicate listings
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Hey,
I have been learning about how to rank in google places and wanted to some practical experience, so I went and claimed the existing business listing for my mothers company to see if i could boost its ranking (with her permission of course).
This was a few weeks ago. Didnt make any real changes, just verified the listing, added in the fax number, some more specific categories etc etc to get the ball rolling. I then lost interest in it until now.
I searched for the listing and its still in the same place as expected (at position "I" aka 9th position). I then noticed that on the next page of placs results was a duplicated listing at position 11, but under a slightly different name and with minimum info pulled from directories etc.
I am wanting to claim this duplicate listing, but am unsure as to which one to then optimise and delete the other completely. This would seem like an easy choice by picking the 9th ranked one over the 11th one i just found. However the 9th ranked one has a total of two reviews both of which are bad (one google review and one external review). The 11th ranked page has no reviews at all. So which one should i optimise and which should i delete? I dont want to just optimise both because they will probably both get deleted due to duplicate listings eventually.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
I have been learning about how to rank in google places and wanted to some practical experience, so I went and claimed the existing business listing for my mothers company to see if i could boost its ranking (with her permission of course).
This was a few weeks ago. Didnt make any real changes, just verified the listing, added in the fax number, some more specific categories etc etc to get the ball rolling. I then lost interest in it until now.
I searched for the listing and its still in the same place as expected (at position "I" aka 9th position). I then noticed that on the next page of placs results was a duplicated listing at position 11, but under a slightly different name and with minimum info pulled from directories etc.
I am wanting to claim this duplicate listing, but am unsure as to which one to then optimise and delete the other completely. This would seem like an easy choice by picking the 9th ranked one over the 11th one i just found. However the 9th ranked one has a total of two reviews both of which are bad (one google review and one external review). The 11th ranked page has no reviews at all. So which one should i optimise and which should i delete? I dont want to just optimise both because they will probably both get deleted due to duplicate listings eventually.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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