Our business address was suddenly changed on google?

[CaribouFondue]

I'm not sure how this happened, was it a competitor trying to screw with us by making our citations not match our address? was it google just being funky? suddenly our address had a unit number added to it, we are a storage facility and own all the units on the property. Is there some way to get notifications when something like this happens? i don't know how long it was like this before I noticed. Is there some way we could block people from doing "suggest an edit"? it seems too powerful for random people to mess up our address to attack our listings.

 

[keyserholiday]

For starters, units and suite numbers have zero impact on rankings. Google overlooks them. It could have been Google making the update or a user using suggest an edit. I would change it back, keep an eye on it and not sweat it.

 

[CaribouFondue]

For starters, units and suite numbers have zero impact on rankings. Google overlooks them. It could have been Google making the update or a user using suggest an edit. I would change it back, keep an eye on it and not sweat it.

Is there a way to get notified of this activity/change when it happens? my SEO consultant claims I should receive notifications in Google Business Profile but I do not receive anything. is it a setting somewhere?

 

[keyserholiday]

Is there a way to get notified of this activity/change when it happens? my SEO consultant claims I should receive notifications in Google Business Profile but I do not receive anything. is it a setting somewhere?

Google doesn't always send out notifications. If you use a 3rd party tool with API access, they can notify you. I know that Yext does. I think that Local Falcon and Whitespark may offer this service.

 

[keyserholiday]

Brightlocal just released this feature.