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    • jbster13
      jbster13 last edited by

      Hello Mozinators!

      I have a client I currently work with doing SEO that has a rare problem that I have not come across before nor have I been able to find any information on how to make changes for it. The problem being that the city/township is more of a community that has yet to officially be labeled as a city, yet is still marked as a town on google maps. This is a great step in the right direction however the google maps location is over the wrong place. I have attached screenshots of the google maps for this location.

      In the top is a place called "Lakewood Ranch" and it is not in the correct spot. Lakewood Ranch should instead be in the bottom corner of the overview screenshot, where the town center is and the medical center off of the "University PKWY" exit.

      I have absolutely no idea on where to start to get these changes put in place, nor if they can even be put in place.

      Please let me know! Thank you so much in advance!

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      • MiriamEllis
        MiriamEllis Subject Expert last edited by

        Hi Jbstr13,

        Oh, boy, I haven't seen one of these come up in awhile, but they do happen. Ryan has linked to the right starting point for you. Be advised - these things can really take some time to change. I'm actually dealing with a similar, though not identical, issue myself with a client. The roads were significantly changed in his part of Virginia 5+ years ago and the maps reflect the old roads...plus, the client is pinned in the wrong locale. For the sake of interest, here's my recent blog post on this in case you'd care to read it:

        http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=1228

        Also, Mike Blumenthal did a good series of posts back in 2010 about the 'lost' town of Rogers, MN that you might find interesting:

        http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/03/17/google-maps-what-happens-when-you-loose-a-town/

        Start at the link Ryan placed here and good luck!

        Miriam

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        • ufmedia
          ufmedia last edited by

          It sounds like you'll need to get Google Maps clarified before you can get your client's location sorted out.  This may be a good place to find out how to submit a correction to Google Maps:

          http://support.google.com/maps/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=98014

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