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I'm curious to know how people are setting up Realtor's GBP? I have setup quite a few sole practitioners, mainly Realtors and Mortgage loan officers. I have set them all up like so:
Company Name | Realtor/Mortgage LO Name
Per threads on the support forum here and previous questions I have asked I have set all of them up under their home address and then hid it making it a Service Area Business. I was told that was best practice and it also keeps the agents from competing with the office listing and address. I have done this for multiple sole practitioners with no problem. That is until this week.
I have a client that I set-up this same way, but Google has suspended the listing. I have requested re-instatement and have gone back and forth with Google, but all they keep telling me is that this listing goes against Google's guidelines and they will not re-instate the GBP. I have no clue why this is as it is just like all the rest I have set-up. I have put in service areas. I have shown clearly to Google that this real estate agent is a licensed agent with the state and also her page on the companies website.
So a few questions I have for everyone regarding this.
I would sure love to know what others are finding and did things change this week at Google? Also, what can I do to get this clients listing out of suspension when Google will not clarify anything for me.
Thanks for any input you can provide!
Company Name | Realtor/Mortgage LO Name
Per threads on the support forum here and previous questions I have asked I have set all of them up under their home address and then hid it making it a Service Area Business. I was told that was best practice and it also keeps the agents from competing with the office listing and address. I have done this for multiple sole practitioners with no problem. That is until this week.
I have a client that I set-up this same way, but Google has suspended the listing. I have requested re-instatement and have gone back and forth with Google, but all they keep telling me is that this listing goes against Google's guidelines and they will not re-instate the GBP. I have no clue why this is as it is just like all the rest I have set-up. I have put in service areas. I have shown clearly to Google that this real estate agent is a licensed agent with the state and also her page on the companies website.
So a few questions I have for everyone regarding this.
- If you have set-up a sole practitioner (Realtor or Mortgage Loan Officer) how are you doing it?
- I have started to see quite a few Realtor GBP listings with just the name of the Realtor followed by Realtor (ex: Jane Doe, Realtor). I have also noticed that a lot of them are still using the main office address. Is this best practice or should I be fine the way I have been doing it?
- I have been doing training classes for Realtors on setting up their GBP and I want to make sure I am teaching them the correct way to do this so that Google will verify and not suspend. I would like to hear from any Google experts on how should I be listing these to prevent suspension?
I would sure love to know what others are finding and did things change this week at Google? Also, what can I do to get this clients listing out of suspension when Google will not clarify anything for me.
Thanks for any input you can provide!