Just curious as to what can be done to promote several businesses on one Places page?

1) Multiple URL’s listed under the Websites field?

2) Multiple URL’s to Special Pages on websites included on the Places Page Specials section?

3) Multiple URL’s to Specials Pages on websites included under Custom Attributes/Additional Details Section?

4) Other?

When the next one comes around I will post about it.

Here is an online form that you can fill out: https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/google.com/viewform?formkey=dExwb3lDZzl2S05TOVFLX2hvVnhSVlE6MQ

Is there somewhere we can be notified of any further Google webinars so we can ask questions?

Cheers,

“Businesses that operate in a service area as opposed to a single location should not create a listing for every city they service. Service area businesses should create one listing for the central office of the business only.”

Business Name

• Represent your business exactly as it appears in the offline world. The name on Google should match the business name, as should the address, phone number and website.
• Do not attempt to manipulate search results by adding extraneous keywords or a description of your business into the business name.
• Do not include phone numbers or URLs in the business name.

Physical Location

• Do not create listings at locations where the business does not physically exist.
• PO Boxes do not count as physical locations.
• Do not create more than one listing for each business location, either in a single account or multiple accounts.
• Businesses that operate in a service area as opposed to a single location should not create a listing for every city they service. Service area businesses should create one listing for the central office of the business only.
• Businesses with special services, such as law firms and doctors, should not create multiple listings to cover all of their specialties.
• The precise address for the business must be provided in place of broad city names or cross-streets.
• A property for rent is not considered a place of business. Please create one listing for the central office that processes the rentals. If you’d like, you can add your real estate properties to Google Maps so that they are available on our Real Estate layer.

“Do not create listings at locations where the business does not physically exist.”…that means that you can create a listing for locations where the business does exist. Google Places is about making a place for every place in the world. They want to be able to provide walking, driving and biking directions to get someplace. If your lawyer has two offices then he has two places and if he has two places than he can have two listings in the Places management area. By your logic, McDonald’s could only have one listing in the whole of the US.