{"id":667,"date":"2008-05-16T13:47:24","date_gmt":"2008-05-16T17:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=667"},"modified":"2008-05-16T13:50:56","modified_gmt":"2008-05-16T17:50:56","slug":"google-maps-policy-multiple-listings-at-a-single-address-a-no-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/16\/google-maps-policy-multiple-listings-at-a-single-address-a-no-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps Policy: Multiple Listings at a Single Address a No Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maps Guide Jen, in a <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/12\/the-longtail-of-local-search-mapspam\/#comment-235688\">comment posted<\/a> in response to the article\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"Permanent Link: The Longtail of Local Search Mapspam\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/12\/the-longtail-of-local-search-mapspam\/\">The Longtail of Local Search Mapspam<\/a>, has indicated that multiple listings at a single address are not acceptable:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fair to say that we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to see search results where multiple listings show up for the same business location. 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