Google Places and Multiple Locations

[caneja]

Hi,

I have a client with 3 different physical locations but only 1 phone number for his business.

Does anyone know if Google Places will penalize me for duplicate listings due to having the same phone number or will I be ok if I have a different physical addresses per listing?

Thanks,

-Carlos

[junioruf]

Caneja,

Each location should have it's own phone number and address. From past experience with multiple clients, which have all been penalized due to using the same number; I have found that Google will try to merge listings that have the same address or phone number and that they simply don't like it when multiple locations use the same address and/or phone number. Tell your client that they need to get two new phone numbers and they can have those numbers forward to one main number. I hope this helps!

[caneja]

awesome junioruf. Thank you for this.