Google+ pages.

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

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  John Pitcher: Another question for the panel (and the community), this one about Google+ pages.
  
  
  To appear ;as a A-G pin on the Google maps that accompany many local searches, you need a Google+ Local page.
  
  
  Should local businesses have a Google+ Local page AND a Google+ Business/brand page?
  
  Should the customer's website link to ;*BOTH* pages ;with a rel="publisher"?
  
  If so, I assume that ;businesses should use their Google+ Business/brand page to interact on Google+ and just have their Google+ Local page for the Google maps and customer testimonials?
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  Masatake Wasa: Generally speaking, if you have a single-location business, then I would concentrate on the local Google+ page, since I cannot see any convincing reason to maintain two Google+ pages that would essentially be duplicates. For businesses with multiple locations spread across a large area, it would be a different matter, and a brand page would make sense. I think the most difficult cases are those where businesses have a couple to a few locations.
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  Rotimi Orimoloye: I'd say you merge the two pages. ;
  It becomes a "My business page", it retains the local business attributes, and you may bring in all of your followers from the brand page.
  I did this for a client recently, and the page looks really cool.
  :)
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  Edwin Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 00:58:25 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/google_pages +John Pitcher
  
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  John Pitcher: Many thanks to +Masatake Wasa ;and also to +Rotimi Orimoloye ;and the panel for some very useful helpful replies!