“XXX Close” and “XXX Cl” showing up as inconsistencies of the same address in Moz Local checker

[mike878]

I was using the moz local check listing feature to check one of our clients whos addresses is “XXX Close” When i check listing in moz local i get 2 options of the site :

• 1. with address “XXX Close”
• 2. with address “XXX Cl”

If i click on the “XXX Close” version it shows me listing where the address is written as “XXX Cl” as being inconsistent and visa versa if i click on the “XXX Cl” version. (this happens as some sites reformat the text, ive submitted them all as “XXX Close”)

Is the something to be concerned about ? eg. could it effect rankings or does google understand that they are the same ?

[DavidLee]

Hello!

You will want to make sure there is only one version across all services hosting your listing. This will help Google and other search engines return a single result for consistency.

Hope this helps!

[mike878]

Thanks @David Lee & @Matt Roney

I agree that the address should be the same across all services, but its not possible when an address has the word "Close" in it as some providers will shorten this in the listing to "Cl" (although you've inputted close when filling out the form) this is just the way they chose to format it. Have a look at any address with the word "Close" in it in the moz local tool.