Local Citations
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So we are working on our citations. Now the issue is (not really an issue, but it is definitely very annoying) is that we have multiple locations. I get that you need to then have multiple listings. Where I get baffled is that I have read that you will then need to have more than 1 google + account for the different addresses. That seems like a lot of work to keep two google + accounts updated. Is this a must for SEO purposes?
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Hi There!
What you need to do for a multi location scenario is have a unique Google+ Local page for each location. Whether you use the social features on these or not is up to the company. Will Scott recently wrote a really good and simple explanation of the different types of Google pages here:
I think you if read the above, you'll be able to get a good strategy together for managing your social/local presence with the right types of Google pages.
Hope this helps!
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We've come across this issues numerous times especially with Google's re-branding over the years of Google Places, Google Business & now Google+'s Pages.
At the moment, the solution is to have one Google+ account and one 'Page' within that account for every location.
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Do you mean to login to the account handling the multiple listings or that each listing is going to have it's dedicated location page? like:
- https://plus.google.com/104914913477473234234/about?hl=en
- https://plus.google.com/109204651908822844333/about?hl=en
If the latter, yes, each location will have a page of its own and there are some tasks that work best on a page-by-page basis, but you can accomplish many of the tasks via bulk upload: https://support.google.com/business/answer/3217744?hl=en Cheers!
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