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Question about Google Places and multiple businesses at one address....

by iwillbeontop
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I rent an office and currently use that address on my main business Google Place page. However, a partner and I are incorporating a new start up. Our new office needs require a conference room, receptionist and prestigious address. So with that in mind we decided to rent a virtual office for all of the reasons above and rent another smaller office in the suburbs for our day to day office.

Our new virtual office is an entire floor in a business building, partitioned off for each business. All businesses have the same address. (Someone at Google can check the virtual addresses website for verification)
(Example Address)
1234 NW 56 st.
Sample, State 33150
Suite #900


My question is If I remember correctly, Google only allows one Google Place listing per address, so how do I get approved for a legitimate Google Place listing while using the same business address as other businesses? Have the rules changed? Is there a way around it? We're paying for a very nice business address in the heart of my city's downtown and absolutely need the listing to reflect that address.

Any help is greatly appreciated!
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  • Profile picture of the author DABK
    (Example Address)
    1234 NW 56 st.
    Sample, State 33150
    Suite #901

    (Example Address)
    1234 NW 56 st.
    Sample, State 33150
    Suite #902

    suite 903, 904, 905

    Lots of office buildings have more than 1 business per floor... They have different office/suite numbers.
    Originally Posted by iwillbeontop View Post

    I rent an office and currently use that address on my main business Google Place page. However, a partner and I are incorporating a new start up. Our new office needs require a conference room, receptionist and prestigious address. So with that in mind we decided to rent a virtual office for all of the reasons above and rent another smaller office in the suburbs for our day to day office.

    Our new virtual office is an entire floor in a business building, partitioned off for each business. All businesses have the same address. (Someone at Google can check the virtual addresses website for verification)
    (Example Address)
    1234 NW 56 st.
    Sample, State 33150
    Suite #900


    My question is If I remember correctly, Google only allows one Google Place listing per address, so how do I get approved for a legitimate Google Place listing while using the same business address as other businesses? Have the rules changed? Is there a way around it? We're paying for a very nice business address in the heart of my city's downtown and absolutely need the listing to reflect that address.

    Any help is greatly appreciated!
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    • Profile picture of the author TheRichLife
      My office is in an executive suite that takes up an entire floor, so my address and suite number is shared with many other businesses. A quick search of Google places for my address shows a dozen listings (one of which is me) with my exact same address and suite number. Several of them are even in the same business (attorneys).

      If for some reason they don't take your address, use "9th Floor" instead of "Suite 900".
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  • Profile picture of the author Kung Fu Backlinks
    The issue here isn't having the same address - something Google allows - but in having a virtual address - something Google doesn't allow. You MAY have a problem getting verified and ranking when using an easy to identify "virtual" address. It does violate their guidelines, so your ability to get away with it rests solely on whether or not Google will notice. If you ever hve an issue with the listing and it is manually reviewed, they will notice and suspend / delete the listing.
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    • Profile picture of the author iwillbeontop
      Originally Posted by DABK View Post

      (Example Address)
      1234 NW 56 st.
      Sample, State 33150
      Suite #901

      (Example Address)
      1234 NW 56 st.
      Sample, State 33150
      Suite #902

      suite 903, 904, 905

      Lots of office buildings have more than 1 business per floor... They have different office/suite numbers.
      All offices have the same Suite number.


      Originally Posted by TheRichLife View Post

      My office is in an executive suite that takes up an entire floor, so my address and suite number is shared with many other businesses. A quick search of Google places for my address shows a dozen listings (one of which is me) with my exact same address and suite number. Several of them are even in the same business (attorneys).

      If for some reason they don't take your address, use "9th Floor" instead of "Suite 900".
      That is a FANTASTIC idea!! many Thanks!


      Originally Posted by Kung Fu Backlinks View Post

      The issue here isn't having the same address - something Google allows - but in having a virtual address - something Google doesn't allow. You MAY have a problem getting verified and ranking when using an easy to identify "virtual" address. It does violate their guidelines, so your ability to get away with it rests solely on whether or not Google will notice. If you ever hve an issue with the listing and it is manually reviewed, they will notice and suspend / delete the listing.
      Here's the catch... If they go to the Virtual Offices website they will see that there is real office space for lease.... "And" virtual offices but they all share the same suite number... Google cannot possibly know which business is leasing an actual office or just paying for their virtual office services. I'll give it a shot using the tip above and let you guys/gals know what happens.
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  • Profile picture of the author Catalyst eMarketing
    Also be advised that if it is a legit office (not just a virtual address for ranking purposes) but very part-time and you only see clients at that location by appointment, at the very least you need to hide address or you risk being deleted. (And if it's a virtual or shared address you risk problems anyway.)

    It's really gray and depends on the situation whether you should NOT have a listing at all or whether you should have one and hide the address. A case I often see come up in the Google forum for example is Attys that have a virtual office in another city just to see an occasional client there. In those cases even thought it's a real office really used to meet clients at Google typically says they don't qualify as bonafide locations and need to be deleted.
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