(Entry was posted by James M on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 02/19/2015).

Business Name field for a Google+/Local/Business profile

Hoping to get some advice form the Google Local/Business experts.

Is it beneficial to include the city in the Business Name field for a Google+/Local/Business profile if the company has multiple locations in different cities?

I`ve seen profiles that use Company Name, City for each of it`s locations profiles in the business name field, but it seems that would cause NAP issues. Yet, I do see it beneficial being able to distinguish between two profiles for different locations, here on G+.

Would you stick with just the official business name for each profile or add the city?

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James M: Hoping to get some advice form the Google Local/Business experts.

Is it beneficial to include the city in the Business Name field for a Google+/Local/Business profile if the company has multiple locations in different cities?

I've seen profiles that use Company Name, City for each of it's locations profiles in the business name field, but it seems that would cause NAP issues. ;Yet, ;I do see it beneficial being able to distinguish between two profiles for different locations, here on G+.

Would you stick with just the official business name for each profile or add the city?
PromozSEO: According to Google guideline, we should not input anything other than our official business name in the Business Name field. You are right mentioning the city name in the ;Business Name field on GMB may result in inconsistent NAP. So I will stick to the Google guideline.