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100 locations? Are you a franchise or a large brand?  When I see this type of question the first thing that comes to mind is to be very mindful of the guidelines. Not saying you are doing this, but you cannot use employee homes for listings or virtual offices.

Ok, so assumptions aside.

If you are truly in the guidelines legally and location wise then BrandA” vs. “BrandA” - Brooklyn Office is the way to go, adding a city descriptor is against the guideline unless that is how you represent your business in the real world.

You can use labels to differentiate them in the dashboard.

But really, read the guidelines closely, you could end up ina very bad place, Guidelines for representing your business on Google

Hope that helps

Hi I know this question is a bit old, but there has not been any real major shakeup in the local Algo. I believe in August there was a local algo glitch but hat was fixed in a few days.

So there are a few points to clarify here.

1. You cannot report spam on social to GMB anymore.
2. Your Local Guide level will not impact your results, it is all about the quality of edits. (look at your ratio of applied/not applied)
3. The turnaround on sam removal is 1 -2 weeks. Anything not removed has been either missed or deemed valid. (Submit it again)
4. You can't submit spam to the GMB community, it will be removed due to privacy concerns.

Check out this article I wrote on getting stellar results from spam fighting https://www.brightlocal.com/blog/how-to-use-googles-spam-redressal-form-to-level-the-local-playing-field/

Justin,

As a rule of thumb, you need to refer to Google's guidelines in representing your business.
If your business entity(s) fit the following criteria, then you are safe. If not then I would not risk it.

1. Both have a separate LLC (or business entity)
2. There are separate offices (doors) for each business.
3. The Name of the businesses/Phone numbers are different (good to have suite different but not needed)
4. There is distinct signage for each business entity.

Based on how I have heard this question phrased in the past, I think you may be just asking if having a separate domain is enough, and the answer would be no.

Bulk would be good if you did not have all the problems you currently have.

The big flag I see is having listings out there with the wrong address #1 and also having an address showing when they are SAB's.

I would tackle them one by one since you clearly have unique issues with each profile.

I would budget about 2 hours of time for each, and work with Twitter support to get things cleared up (not phone support, unless they are USA based)

Ok, so here is what you do.

Primary Number will = you Call Tracking Number

The Secondary Number: Will equal the number reflected on your website (So yes add your real number to the local landing page)

Then reach out to Google via the reinstatement form and you should get reinstated: https://support.google.com/business/troubleshooter/2690129?hl=en

If you visit en.advertisercommunitiy.com and tag me, I may be able to assist you.

I will need the name address and phone number of the listing along with a link to the live listing and the same for the duplicate (follow Joy's guide)

More than likely, removing the duplicate is going to solve the issue unless the wrong listing is the one showing in search.

In that case, removing the listing you want merged will be the way to go, which Twitter support can help with or I can escalate.

Miriam is dead on, I would like to add one other thing to consider. You can still be an owner, transfer primary ownership to the actual owner and that will leave you as an owner.

Another consideration, if for any reason your account was to become compromised (flagged as spammy for instance) then all your GMB listings would become suspended since you are the primary owner of all the listings. In the case of a soft suspension, you would have to reverify all your listings.

I would like to add, that I completely KW stuffing is not a good idea at all.

Adding a city name will not really help you, adding a service type might. BUT, this is all very risky.

Additionally, if you consistently are getting your name edited to what it reflects in the real world (As a TC I check the Secretary of State and the Street View) , there is a limit to the number of times a listing can be corrected before a suspension happens.

In some cases, you may also end up with a hard suspension. (Especially if a TC gets involved.)

Play by the rules, and make edits to competitors as Miriam suggested. Also, if you do the legwork report competitors that are using Virtual Offices/PO Boxes in the advertiser forums.

They are indeed separated, to get your G+ page for your local listing to display in brandaccounts, create a new G+ page and use the exact URL you use for GMB. This will let Google know they are tied together.

Bulk would be good if you did not have all the problems you currently have.

The big flag I see is having listings out there with the wrong address #1 and also having an address showing when they are SAB's.

I would tackle them one by one since you clearly have unique issues with each profile.

I would budget about 2 hours of time for each, and work with Twitter support to get things cleared up (not phone support, unless they are USA based)

Miriam is dead on, I would like to add one other thing to consider. You can still be an owner, transfer primary ownership to the actual owner and that will leave you as an owner.

Another consideration, if for any reason your account was to become compromised (flagged as spammy for instance) then all your GMB listings would become suspended since you are the primary owner of all the listings. In the case of a soft suspension, you would have to reverify all your listings.