Google Places - Co Working Spaces

[kyegrace]

Hello,

Hope this hasn't been answered but no combination of searches could turn it up.

What is the impact for those using a co working space such as http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/ in regards to Google Places and local searches?

Assumedly there will be multiple 'businesses' using the same address including suite number. Does this cause issue with Google understanding that these are truly legit 'offices' and work address for honest to goodness businesses?

Suppose part of the challenge may be those using this address for just mail and answering...

Guess my point is, will 20-40 people using the same address for their places profile be a problem?

What alternatives exist for these folks?

Thanks y'all!

[Getz.pro]

Nope, Google will understand that this is an office building.

[kyegrace]

Even though they all share the same suite #. I should have been more clear about that.

[Getz.pro]

Sorry, I missed that point. Hmm, that might look a bit doggy. However, if the address on your site is clear, and all other citations are the same (Superpages.com, yelp.com, insiderpages.com etc.), and no one else using that suite # is spammy, then I don' t see a huge problem.

[MaryAnneG]

You should be OK as long as each business has a unique phone number.

As RichardGetz said above, also make sure your citations match up across sites - always a best practice, but in this case you really need to be as clear as possible.

[kyegrace]

Good point. As long they all use their own cell number and not the actual number of the co working space (which does offer answering services to create perception of a receptionist) they should be in a stronger position.

[KeriMorgret]

Hi! We're going through some of the older unanswered questions and seeing if people still have questions or if they've gone ahead and implemented something and have any lessons to share with us. Can you give an update, or mark your question as answered?

Thanks!

[kyegrace]

In the end we found a unique address. The client decided it wasn't worth the risk  of complication with the co working space versus using another commercial address that only he uses.

He is legitimately using this address for his business exactly how he would have used the co working space so it is onside. Just happened to be a space available that the owner of will likely never use the address online.

Sadly though that leaves us still wondering what the impact of the co working space address will cause.

[KeriMorgret]

Thanks for the update Kye. It's always interesting to find out how these things turn out. I hope it's worked out well for your client.