Does adding the city to your business name in a Places page help or harm Local SEO?

[debi_zyx]

Hi, All! Another local SEO question...

For one of our clients, the title on their Place page is <official business="" name=""><city>.  Example: John's Sporting Goods Detroit.  Now, most citations will say "John's Sporting Goods."  Is having "Detroit" as part of the business name in Places problematic (NAP inconsistency) and we should remove it, or is it helpful for ranking for "sporting goods detroit" or is it neither?</city></official>

Thanks!

Aviva

[AlanMosley]

The answer is yes and yes,

Yes it is helpful for rankings,

And Yes it will get you in trouble.

I did this i had "product city " as the title, it worked for a long time, but google have steped up their review of thes listings and my account was supsened. It ttok aboy 6 weeks to get back online. this was not just for te offending places but all my listings for all my clients.

so i advice dont do it.