A longstanding gripe of enterprise homeowners, native SEOs, and others is that Google Enterprise Profile (AKA GMB) pages linger round on the map even after they’re marked as “completely closed.” Most frequently it’ll be a web page you as soon as created or claimed, or it could be a competitor’s spam web page or a web page that’s inflicting another drawback. In any occasion, you need the web page fully gone from Google Maps, moderately than in “completely closed” purgatory.
Google’s said coverage on eradicating GBP/GMB pages has been {that a} enterprise proprietor must relinquish management of a web page, mark it as completely closed, after which Google might or might not select to take away it. Google might hold it round long-term if it sees some profit to preserving the itemizing accessible on Maps. Google’s MO is to hoard knowledge, regardless of the age or usefulness.
Actually? There’s NO method simply to get a web page faraway from Google Maps, as soon as and for all? Seems there’s, and it doesn’t contain contacting assist. It entails a sequence of steps which have labored for me (for my shoppers) on a number of events. In fact, your mileage might differ, however give it a strive.
For the sake of simplicity, I’ll assume it’s one in all your pages that you really want eliminated, however this may also work in case you’ve been in a position to get a competitor’s spammy web page to “completely closed” standing.
Listed below are the steps to take away a Google Enterprise Profile / Google My Enterprise web page from the primary search outcomes and Google Maps outcomes fully:
- Mark the web page as “completely closed,” utilizing the “recommend an edit” function.
- Clear up the citations for that location, if it’s your Google web page. By “clear up” I imply both get the listings eliminated altogether, or replace them in order that they use the identical information as a Google web page you’re preserving round (e.g. for an additional location of what you are promoting). Even when the GBP web page belongs to a competitor who’s spamming the map, you might be able to get a number of the non-Google listings eliminated – if the competitor even has non-Google listings for that “enterprise” within the first place. (Numerous Google Maps spam is solely a lone GBP web page, and not using a set of native citations behind it.)
- Take away out of your web site as many mentions of that location, workplace, or practitioner as you possibly can. Nothing in your web site ought to inform Google that somebody’s doing enterprise on the location the place you’re making an attempt to get the web page faraway from Google Maps. Typically, a battle between what’s in your web site and what’s in your GBP web page takes a chip out of your GBP web page. Make your web site again up your story.
- Wait. For a way lengthy? A few months, or everytime you’re a minimum of principally completed with steps 2-3. Every time I’ve been in a position to get a “completely closed” web page eliminated, plenty of time has handed. Now, let’s say a hearth has been lit below your caboose, and also you blaze by way of steps 1-3 in (let’s say) every week. Then there’s no want to attend just for the sake of ready: Simply transfer onto step 5, with the expectation that Google might hold you ready anyway. However you’ll wait lower than you’d in case you assumed “completely closed” would get the web page eliminated any time quickly, or in case you didn’t nudge the method alongside.
- Pull up the “completely closed” web page on Google Maps, do a “recommend an edit,” and choose “Doesn’t exist right here.”
Extra probably than not, it will likely be authorized immediately if it’s a web page you personal. It could nonetheless be authorized immediately even in case you don’t personal the web page; I’ve had that consequence, too.
A vestige of the web page might proceed to indicate up in your GBP dashboard as “disabled,” in case you ever need to unearth it.
Issues, questions, or ideas?
How a lot success have you ever had in eradicating your or others’ “completely closed” pages from Google Maps for good?
Do you may have a web page that sticks to Google Maps like a foul scent?
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