Local Search - New Business - 4 different Erroneous, Unverified Google Places Pages

[jeffgibson]

My client is a new business <1 year old.  Google has 4 unverified places pages for this business - all have slight errors in the business name and address.  Which one should I claim?  Will Google let me change the business name once I verify ownership?  How will I get rid of the other listings once I claim and correct one of them?

In light of these data errors and/or as a general rule do you recommend the paid submission services for UBL and Localeze (http://getlisted.org/resources/why-listing-services.aspx)?

Thanks for the help!

Jeff

[itrogers]

Hey Jeff,

If you claim a listing, you can edit the details (name, title, description, category,etc) once your ownership is verified. To get rid of the other listings, you can either use the "report a problem" link and flag it as a duplicate, or claim the additional listings and make them identical to the others. Google will merge them, so i've heard.

I dont have any personal experience with getlisted.org but I have heard good things about it. I've heard it mentioned here on SEOmoz a few times in blog posts.

[MichaelBorgelt]

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[TheLangleyGroup]

Hi Jeff and Mozzers.  The UBL, Universal Business Listing, is the access point to get into the Axciom directory which is a trusted directory.  The UBL also lists your business on mobile applications like OnStar.   Although you will want to manually claim your listings on many of the places that the UBL says they place your business info, the Axciom listing alone is worth it, IMHO.