2 listings on Google Local....Need Help!

[sachin-sv]

Hi All,

One of our client have 2 business listings on Google Local for same business (same  NAP but different website).

Actually, their first website was under Google Penalty. They tried to remove the penalty but could not get rid of it so they bought a new domain and started working on it and listed the same business with new website URL.

Now, their business is having 2 listings but with different URLs.

How can we merge these two? Please advice.

Thanks in Advance.

[DonnaDuncan]

Fraid so. Use the technique Marcus mentioned to find the one you want to keep. Don't forget to look at reviews, if any. You want to retain the one with the most reviews.

[sachin-sv]

Thanks Marcus & Donna.

I was looking for a way where i can avoid deleting the page

I guess, I have to delete the page.

[DonnaDuncan]

Sachin,

Unfortunately there is no way to merge G+ pages. You'll have to do as Marcus suggests and delete one of them.

[Marcus_Miller]

Hey Sachin

In principle this should be fairly simple to resolve so let me give you the simple approach and if this does not work we can dig in further.

The first thing we would do is a brand search for the client and see if they have a knowledge box pop up on the right hand side? What URL does that link through to? Also, are they ranking in local results? Which page is the one that Google is returning? Does the site listing have a link to the Google+ Page? This should allow you to determine which page you wish to keep.

Assuming you have ownership of the pages then just log into the Google My Business control panel and click 'Manage page' for which ever page you wish to remove. Then click 'Edit' and scroll to the bottom and click 'Delete this Page'.

That should do the job but let me know how you get on.

Hope that helps!
Marcus