Comments on: Service Area Business with a verified social local Google+ page? Delete It

By: Mike Blumenthal

Mike Blumenthal — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:58:35 +0000

@Lauren
Is there ever a business that serves customers at their locations that doesn’t need to hide their address?< \em>

Yes. A business that has a storefront AND does on site service like a full service appliance dealer.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:55:02 +0000

Okay, so I know this thread is old, but it seems like the appropriate place for my question.

If Google’s guidelines are such that when you choose the “Yes, this business serves customers at their locations” you must ALWAYS choose the “Hide my address” option, why do they even include that as an option? Is there ever a business that serves customers at their locations that doesn’t need to hide their address?

By: Mike Blumenthal

Mike Blumenthal — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:32:20 +0000

@samY
It is not a question of which but of when. Google does not support service area business with hidden address on the social local G+ Page and will remove your G+ Page if they find it.

So for now there is no way to do video on SAB type businesses. Photos can take a month or more to show up from the dashboard. And there is no simple way to do rel=pub.

By: samY

samY — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:28:07 +0000

We have a google places listing,w hich is a service area business that has all our reviews. and verified

We have another Google+ sitting on a different account and verified.

So if you cannot merge the google+ with places for SAB, Which account should you upload videos, photos to and link back to your business??

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:59:17 +0000

Thank you for clarifying that mike.

By: Mike Blumenthal

Mike Blumenthal — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:13:22 +0000

@nick

SAB listings with address hidden are unsupported by Google. Their recommendation is to pull the plus and separate them.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:03:57 +0000

It’s nice to see the update comments that have come through. This is an on-going situation that causes confusion. I have just 1 very simple question: If you are a SAB and the address was ALREADY hidden, do you need to take any action? Should you delete delete the merged place as standard?

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:59:48 +0000

Hi good people,

I;m doing local SEO SAB (Service Area Business) and I listened to Google and removed Google+ local pages and hide my adddress and the thing that irritates me the most is that my competitors didn’t do almost anything, and some of them still rank WITH their Google+ Local pages WITH ADDRESSES…
Anyone experiencing similar issues?

By: JR

JR — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:01:50 +0000

I have a (SAB) and based on the advice on removing my address from my places listing I did so. I never setup/upgraded to a Goggle+ page although Google converted it to a new plus.google URL. I have always placed in the top three spots for all relevant keywords in a very competitive industry. After 2 weeks I can’t see any real change in position or change in the number of impressions or calls etc… I do look out of place without a map maker but i have a circle (thanks Google) two text lines and not three. (maybe that is not such a bad thing because I do stand out a little) My (SAB) competitors still have not made the change. I do feel good about the change because I feel as if my Google master is looking down on me with blessings. One thing that happen today was I started a Google offer and the following message was displayed. ( Google Offers is not available for businesses like yours. Offers aim to bring customers to your door and since you selected to not show your address on your maps listings this product isn’t the right match for you.)

So NO Goggle Offers from a (SAB) Sorry!!

By: Julie Larson

Julie Larson — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 03:40:00 +0000

Hi Mike!

We are a new business with no listing. From what I’m understanding, we should go to places.google.com/local/add. My question is – should I use the email that is linked to my Google+ account or should I use a new gmail that I set up for the business?

Thank you!