Is there a recommended format when placing a business address on a webpage?
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Hi All,
I ask the question as I was trying to GeoTarget tool which happened to not recognise a business address I place in the footer on one of my sites.
The tool states that including the address on page helps the search engines identify your location, so I'm curious whether a specific format works best when optimizing for local search?
Thanks.
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Thanks for the replies. The site is for a law firm so yes, most clients visit the office. So I will stylise a vCard formatted address and placing it high up as suggested.
Then will see if the geotarget tool picks it up..
@David - the tool is the seomoz tool : http://www.seomoz.org/geotarget
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I follow the format in google places, but i would think SE's ae smart enouth to pick up most addresses
10 Main St
Suburb City State Post code
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micro formats are recommended. Top of site if possible. I like to place full add in the contact us Title : )
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I don't agree with David but he might know better.
In my opinion you should use the less relevant real estate of the site/pages - footer will be just great for both users and Google (to spot it on every page).
However this is just an opinion but I am sure the placement of the address within the site or a particular page is not "more relevant" for google depending on the position. It just needs to be present.
Hope it helps.
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All I could really say is the higher up the better. However, it depends upon the context of the website.
If you are trying to run a local directory site, it's ideal if you have the location/info/image and relevant information as high as possible.
If it's a website and you have footer information with your business address, that is perfectly fine.
What GeoTarget tool are you using?
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