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My problem is that I do have the referrer, it's an internal page, often the page that is creating the duplicate content.  I keep searching for links that are generating the discrepancies and can't find them.

I've run a report using xenu, but now I've got even more wood (can't see the wood for the trees).

Can you recommend any good resources for using xenu?

That would be a big help!

Thanks Catherine

I've just submitted one.

Thank you Brian

Catherine

Thanks Alex

Two very sensible suggestions, thanks.  I just got myself in a loop!

Ta

Hello Mozers

Can anybody help me.  It's a bit OCD, but, I really want to find the internal links within a clients site that are generating duplicate urls.

I did start looking page by page using search, but got a bit stir crazy!

I'm sure one of you smart SEO's will have a simple, clever solution:)

Thanks

Catherine

I realize I'm probably opening a can of worms, but here we go.  Do you or do you not add a sitemap.xml to a clients site?

Hi Kane

No you have got it in a nutshell.  I've just missed that logical summation in my general confusion with juggling too many commitments.

Thank you for helping the confused:)

Hi Mozers

I'm still struggling with my London based client with two locations and one business.  Basically she has a location in W1W 'Westminster' and a location in 'WD!' Borehamwood.

Has anyone any good resources of input concerning geotargeting.  I've done some searching but can't get quite the help I'm seeking.

I'd like to make the Pages cover a 5mile radius and be highly specific to their locations.  Is this the right way to proceed?

Thanks

Dear Miriam

Totally awesome reply - as usual:)

Thanks

Catherine

Hi Mozers

I keep puzzling over this one!  I work from home and really don't want to plaster my address all over the web.  The GP page now allows for me to hide my exact location, which is great.  However, as far as I can see this is not the case with all the potential local directories and listings.

I have been trying in to get around this by not adding my house number and last digit and 2 characters of my post code.  So far this has been allowed by the local listings I have signed up with.

When I tried doing as recommended by the excellent Miriam and checking my business name with 'Getlisted' I found that I could only see these local listings if I added the doctored address, i.e. no house number or full postcode.

My question, finally is, if I continue in this fashion for businesses based at home addresses am I going to confuse the search engines.  I want to provide a consistent NAP but GPP insists that I add a full postcode.  The only way I could possible see around this is to add:

street name

city

full postcode

and omit the house name/number.

Will this be a reasonable work around to maintain client confidentiality and satisfy the NAP requirement of Local search?

Thank you

Hi sorry, I'm like a dog with a bone!

Will editing the 'Mobile Nail Technician' pages title -mean the rankings drop out of Places?  I did read Andrew's post and it was very informative (now I'm following him as well!), but, he was very much concentrating on rebranding, which this probably isn't, just GPP (multiple) tidying.

Hello Miriam

You are being very kind!  I'm off to look at the link you have given me now.  One more question to you though - the second page for (spabycar) which is now called 'mobile nail technician' has a distinctly different address!  I want it to have the updated name spabycar, but be a separate page with it's own geolocation, i.e. W1 as apposed the other GPP with the WD location.  Will Google allow me to do this?  Because I've not created or maintained multiple GPP pages for the same brand and am trying to come into a ready  made mess I could probably do with some remedial help on the whole concept of GPP and multiple locations.  I'm assuming, although they represent the same brand they are also independent of one another both in having an individual page indexed in GP and as a result their own ranking?

Sorry I'm going on, I'm just rather trashing about in my own ignorance at the moment.  I know it will all come clear eventually, and really thank you for your patience and time:)

with thanks

Catherine

Hello Miriam

They have 2 distinct addresses and phone numbers.  2 pages in GPP 'spabycar' and 'mobile nail technician', both pointing to the same website 'spabycar.com'.  I'd like to have two pages with spabycar as the business name instead of 2 pages with 2 different business names  'mobile nail technician' and 'spabycar'.  She is now no longer using the 'mobile nail technician' name, but the page ranks no 1 for the keywords shes chasing in Westminster.  I'm nervous of touching it until I'm confident I know fully what is best practise!

Thanks again Miriam

Regards

Catherine

Hi

I've had a couple of Google Places Pages for a few years.  They rank well.  I've just discovered Getlisted, via a tutorial.

It will not see that I have claimed these pages.  Can see Yelp etc.  Any ideas.

thanks

Catherine

Thank you Irving for your kind support.  I've come back from a rather traumatic holiday and am not quite in the swing of SEO.   I've read your answer and then read my question and realized that what I wrote and what I was puzzling over were not the same thing at all.

Sorry to use up your time by being completely misleading!

What I intended to ask was -

The W1 and WD are just the start of the different Google Places Pages Postcodes.  One page, the W1 Postcode, is called 'Mobile Nail Technician' and one, with the WD Post Code, is called 'Spabycar'.  They are both representing the same company.

I'd like if possible to keep the two addresses, particularly the 'W1' - 'Mobile Nail Technician' is top of Google Places for Westminster for 'Mobile beauty salon'.  However the 'Mobile Nail Technician' name is historical and the company is now branding itself as 'Spabycar'.

I'd quite understand if you don't answer my question twice, and I'll just tick good answer in a day or two, but if your feeling generous would you answer the question I intended to ask?

Thanks

Hello Miriam

I've reread my query, and you are right, it doesn't make sense to me either!

The W1 and WD are just the start of the different Google Places Pages Postcodes.  One page, the W1 Postcode, is called 'Mobile Nail Technician' and one, with the WD Post Code, is called 'Spabycar'.  They are both representing the same company.

I'd like if possible to keep the two addresses, particularly the 'W1' - 'Mobile Nail Technician' is top of Google Places for Westminster for 'Mobile beauty salon'.  However the 'Mobile Nail Technician' name is historical and the company is now branding itself as 'Spabycar'.

Does that make sense?

Hello Mozers

I'd like to know if two existing GPP can have the same name 'spabycar'.  At present 'mobile nail technician' based in W1 and 'spabycar 'WD' are ranking (ironically the one that has the old brand name is very high!).

Both need to be 'spabycar'

If this is feasible, is there a down side, and is there a good tutorial source for an aspirant to follow?

Thanks

Catherine

Thank you Ankit I thought that was the case.  I just got impatient!  I'll play the waiting game. ta!

I've read about the changes in requirements for Google Places - and hidden the address for my relevant local clients.  Is there any step I can take to speed up the edit being recognised and displayed in SERPs.  In addition, I would like to know, will the address also disappear from the actual Google Places page as well?

Thanks Rand, I needed that.  I've just been informed by my son's school that the council want to withdraw his funding - the UK is pretty dire at the moment.  He has SEN.  Still puts things in prospective.