Residential Offices, UPS Addresses, SABs, and other Citations

[mikepetersonwi]

I'm finding that more and more small businesses have either moved from a business address to a residential office or are starting a new business from home. With regards to best practices of setting these businesses up for local search, does anyone suggest a particular source, either a post or a cheat sheet of sorts to help with the process? It seems there is a "work around" for a lot of places such as GBPM, Bing, and aggregators such as Data Axel etc.

 

[JeffClevelandTN]

Hi Mike! Funny, we actually are encountering the opposite, that many small businesses are moving from their home into a dedicated business office space . In any case though, there shouldn't be any fundamental differences when moving addresses regardless of the type of move. However, I think a lot of home businesses, or businesses that move from a traditional office to a home office, don't realize that signage requirements still apply for GBP, the only exception is for a Service Area Business (SAB). Here is a short but concise article that may be helpful from @whitespark: https://whitespark.ca/blog/best-practices-when-moving-your-business-gmb-listing/