Comments on: Google Maps: A Near Death Experience – Why did my listing Disappear & My Stats Drop to Zero?

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:07:25 +0000

Thanks guys. I read both those posts before I changed my address. I suppose I will sit an wait to see what happens…

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:00:46 +0000

@Nate

Brian is correct. You might want to read: http://searchengineland.com/change-your-address-in-the-google-plusbox-in-5-simple-steps-13631 or http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/08/14/an-internet-change-of-address-guide/ to giver yourself a better idea of what else you will have to deal with

By: Brian Combs

Brian Combs — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:44:34 +0000

Nate,

Your listing is no longer based in Peoria, so you’re less likely to come up there. And Phoenix is likely a much more competitive market than Peoria, so it may take some effort to rank there.

Brian

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:38:37 +0000

@Brian Combs,

Thanks for the reply! I did not change my phone number, just the address.

I moved from Peoria, AZ to Phoenix, AZ. It’s about 10 miles away. I am working feverishly to update my citation sources like Yelp, Yahoo, Bing, etc, I just didn’t think I would literally disappear from the Google Local results.

I used to be the OneBox holder for all search terms in Peoria, AZ, now I don’t even exist in the search. I don’t appear for Phoenix either, which is what is alarming…

By: Brian Combs

Brian Combs — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:35:49 +0000

Nate,

It’s likely that much of what was being seen as a citation by Google was lost when you made the move. This is especially the case if you changed your phone number as well.

You should update your address (and phone number) at all the places you listed your address.

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:21:21 +0000

I am having an issue right now with my maps listing it seems. I changed my physical address and POOF, my listing is gone. I “show up” under my new address for my business name and that’s it. I just changed my address yesterday, so I’m trying not to panic. Should I be worried that my listing went from being a dominant #1 listing in my former city to number 100 or so in my new city?? Does it just take time to creep up?

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By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:56:50 +0000

I’ve had a similar experience to what you mentioned but have been looking for an answer for over a month now. Google maps have always showed up for keyword + location for my business, but for about a month, a google map was also showing up when I typed in my company name only (no location). The map has since disappeared from the company name only keyword results and I’m not sure if it was google just testing things out, if I did something to get the map to appear, or if I perhaps did something to make is disappear. Any ideas?

By: Phil B

Phil B — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:18:34 +0000

Thanks for your comments Joan and Mike! Guess it’s a case of wait and see what happens. Will keep checking your fine blog.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:44:16 +0000

Things have for the most part returned to normal. I think that the zero stats issue is separate from the missing listings. I think tha perhaps they are not updating the stats as frequently during the upgrade process. The missing stats will show up once they do so. I have not rec’d an answer as to what happens to the listings or why they may need to dial back to an earlier data set.