Google Places Australia - Categorisation Issue

[KBB_Digital]

Hey guys, I know that this doesn't quite fall under this community, but I thought I'd ask anyway.

I've got a client currently who is an Electrician.

They're primarily electricians that offer a lot of services, such as air conditioning installations, LED lighting, Solar Panel & heaps more, currently I'm trying to properly categorise the Google Places listing.

I'm looking at other Google Places listings in the "Electricians Melbourne" type searches & many of them have Electrician as a category.

However, when I attempt to do this, I'm unable to get the same result.
Has anyone else seen this, or know why I can't get Electrician as a category & when others are?

[MattAntonino]

Use this list:

http://blumenthals.com/google-lbc-categories/search.php?q=&val=hl-gl%3Den-AU%26ottype%3D1

Also, some people haven't updated so they have custom categories. Check what you can use, use that. Otherwise, it'll eventually just get changed or removed by G anyways.

[MiriamEllis]

Hi NetReach,

Matt-Antonio has raised 2 very important points, the first being that if you see competitors' listings with a category that no longer exists in the new Google Places for Business categories, this is likely because it's left over from the custom category days. The link he's included in his reply goes to Mike Blumenthal's category tool that should let you see which categories are currently available. I agree with you that 'electrician' isn't there. You'll have to find the next-best options.