How to Remove or combine Duplicate Google My Business Listings

Google My Business is very important for local search visibility. Read on to learn how to remove or combine duplicate GMB listings.

Let’s say you just moved to the city of Delhi, specifically Lincoln Park, and you want to try their famous pizza.

You Google [best pizza in Delhi] and the search results pop up.

You see many businesses representing the best pizza in Delhi. How do you choose?

You look at the reviews; a recent study shows that 88% of consumers trust online reviews as much as a personal recommendation.

Not only that, but you consider the convenience factor.

Is the pizza joint close?

What is the address? Hours of operation?

You ultimately decide to get the pizza delivered and call the phone number listed to order your pie.

In the midst of your search for the best pizza in town, you were probably looking at what marketers call Google My Business listings.

Google My Business allows you to promote your Business Profile and website on Google Search and Google Maps.

GMB enables business owners to connect with customers, post updates to their Business Profile, and see how customers are interacting with their business in local search.

Of course, with any helpful tool comes some headaches.

Maybe you forgot that a team member had already created a Google My Business account in the past, or perhaps you’ve moved locations and started a brand new GMB account, forgetting to delete the old one.

You’re Able to handle GMB on the Fly in the Search Results Pages.

When logged into your Google account on your desktop or mobile, search for your business and you will be able to manage your listing as if you were in the GMB interface.

Why It Is Important to Remove or combine Duplicate Google My Business Listings

Duplicate listings can be sensitive.

When you have a duplicate GMB listing, Google can potentially rank one listing that is incomplete and has no reviews and filters out the listing that has a lot of reviews and features all of your business information.

This will obviously affect your local SEO significantly, and the loss of reviews on the listing could have a negative impact on how many potential customers come your way.

It’s also important to note that multiple listings can exist for a business in Google, but duplicate listings violate Google’s Guidelines.

This makes it imperative to resolve duplicate listings for your business.