Multiple businesses under the same physical address

[NormanNewsome]

If I am running one business at one address and I start a new business what should I do to avoid triggering spam filters for having 2 businesses using the same address.  I've been told by an seo that I trust the best way to do this is create a suite #.  If I do this then I have to change all the addresses on the existing campaigns for the Primary business because if I create suite #'s it changes the primary's address by doing this.

[SanketPatel]

Hi,

Few days back Dana has written awesome blog post on Local Listing. In that, he has covered each and every question regarding Business Listing. Here is the URL:

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/you-asked-i-answered-qa-from-you-probably-think-this-citation-source-is-about-you-dont-you

Hope this help you out

[NormanNewsome]

Thanks it was a great post however I still don't have an exact answer.

Do I create a Suite # for both businesses or just the new business and call it either Suite#1 or Suite#A

If I change the primary business to Suite A or Suite 1 and then name the new business suite B or Suite 2 I will have to go and change all the marketing I've already done for the first (primary) business.

[NormanNewsome]

Thanks it was a great post however I still don't have an exact answer.

Do I create a Suite # for both businesses or just the new business and call it either Suite#1 or Suite#A

If I change the primary business to Suite A or Suite 1 and then name the new business suite B or Suite 2 I will have to go and change all the marketing I've already done for the first (primary) business.

[SanketPatel]

Have you read 13 point in that blog post ? Please find below:

13. If I run two businesses from the same address, could I simply add a suite number to differentiate?

Yes, but you'll also need to have different phone numbers for each business, even if it's just a forwarding number. Google uses phone number as their unique identifier for the business so they will merge businesses with the same phone number and assume it's a data error instead of two separate businesses. I have seen this happen with clients in the past, and it just can't be fixed without two different phone numbers.

[MiriamEllis]

Hi Mr. Partyman,

In my opinion, because you are already established with your first business at the street address, the best thing to do would be to get a Suite A, just for the second business.

As Sanket has pointed out, it's critical that each business has its own phone number, business name and Google categories, as well as its own address, so be sure you are making these totally distinct.

Hope this helps!