Google+ What is up with results?
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If anybody has followed me, they know I am not a big advocate of Social Media, but I understand when you must adapt. So we broke down and made our Google+ Page
https://plus.google.com/113910385846996409142
The problem is, when you go to Google and search
"Google+ Columbia Engineered Rubber"
You get what appears to be 2 place pages (our company is in 2 locations) and one page that looks like something somebody tried to make, could have somebody here, or some auto generating thing..don't know. But our real page that we made (linked above) doesn't appear at all.
Does anybody know how to go about consolidating these pages to the one I made, its quite confusing for one company to have 3 pages showing in results none of which are correct.
Thank you for you time,
Don
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Thanks Keri - right on!
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Hi Sarah,
This is a bit of an old question, and at this point it'd be best to ask your question in a new question for better visibility. Thanks!
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Hi Miriam,
Looks like I lost descriptions and cover pictures on my locations during the dashboard switchover. I have 70 locations - is it worth cleaning up. I would hate to invest all of that, only to learn later I should migrate to this new thing.
Thanks,
Sarah -
Hey Don,
'Growing pains' is a good description. I agree with you on your assessment. There are things that just aren't working well yet and Google is aware of it. Hang in there.
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Hi Miriam,
Thank you for the follow up. Even the rep I spoke with at Google admitted that Google+ is new and they still don't have all the tools they normally do for other products they support. I kind of got the feeling that they are going through growing pains on both sides of the fence.
Thank you,
Don
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Hi Don,
If you mean that you are in communication with Google reps, then yes, wait to hear what they have to say, but I strongly recommend that you do not attempt to merge your Google Places and Google Business Page. Pretty much every Local SEO I know agrees that merging is still too buggy to make it a safe action. For more on this, read:
http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/11/28/having-issues-with-your-glocal-social-merge-my-advice-dont/
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Hi Amber Thank you for the reply,
It appears there is Google+ places and then Google+ Business page
Our issue is actually 2 fold, one in that our Google+ pages shows 2 locations for our company which is somewhat correct we own 2 buildings but we're only operating out of one. <cite>https://plus.google.com/102854794284853776525 (Center Drive Vandalia, OH) we own this building but aren’t located there yet. And</cite> <cite>https://plus.google.com/102935581108818455036 (Thunderhawk Dayton, OH) this is where we operate out of.</cite>
The second has to do with Google+ Business, in that there appears to be a page <cite>https://plus.google.com/105577406950465576457</cite> That was either created by somebody here or in error. Either way we need to merge the one I created with it.
I have since called Google and they are actively working on the issues.
Again I appreciate the responses. At this point I'm going to say if the Google+ team has to investigate further for advising a course of action, I should probably wait to see what they have to say.
Thank you,
Don
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Don,
It sounds like you just created a G+ Business page, correct? And that you may have duplicate Google+ Local/Places listings.
Unfortunately I am unable to recreate what you said you are seeing when you Google "Google+ Columbia Engineered Rubber".
I do see two locations in Maps with the same URL that is associated with the page you referenced above:
2501 Thunderhawk Ct, Dayton, OH
875 Center Dr, Vandalia, OH
Can you attach a screenshot of the 3 results? There are a few ways you can go about handling listings with wrong business information but I would just need a little bit more information.
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Sure thing. Good luck.
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I appreciate the response I figured as much, the page was made last Friday. 4 days ago. I guess I could go to manual submit a url, but I fear I must get in touch with somebody at Google to get this sorted.
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It can take time for Google to find your Google+ page and add it to the index, Don.
(yes, even though it's on their domain).
I'd wait a few days and check back. If it's not sorted out, then I'd start worrying.
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