Clean Informer Magazine Spring 2014 | Page 33

Search Engine Optimization CONFLICTS ENCOUNTERED INCLUDING DUPLICATE LISTING ISSUES AS GOOGLE UPGRADES BUSINESS LISTINGS 04 Google has been automatically upgrading Google Place listings from the old system to the new Google Places dashboard. During this upgrade, there are conflicts encountered which prevent the upgrade from completing. The latest conflict is that there are duplicate listing issues and Google needs you to step in, fix the issue and then complete the upgrade process. Google has recently started sending out notices via email to those impacted by this issue. The email reads: We’d like to inform you that Google Places no longer accommodates more than one authorized owner per business location. Your account contains one or more listings that have been identified as duplicates of other listings and as a result, some of the information you provide will not be shown to Google users anymore… Jade Wang from Google posted a detailed response on how to fix this issue in the Google Business Help forums: 1) Your account and another account that you don’t control became verified for the same business using the old Places dashboard. 2) You may have verified the page multiple times using accounts you control. Each has their own method of resolving, which Google has either emailed the business owner or you can read them below in more detail. 33