: Can I select to show phone number or not in Google My Business? I am a landlord in the mountains of Pennsylvania along with the other things I do. Part of this means that there is a need
I am a landlord in the mountains of Pennsylvania along with the other things I do. Part of this means that there is a need to think differently when advertising vacancies. For example, advertising in the local news paper gives a mixed quality of potential tenants and advertising online through the popular websites such as Trulia, Realtor, etc., has it's own problems along with being expensive.
For now, I have created a single page mobile web site, though I have not yet decided on a domain name, perhaps another question, and I expect that I can compete rather well for local search. No other landlords have a web site or other online presence that ranks at all so the competition is basically zero except for the commercial sites.
As part of this new effort, I am considering using Google My Business.
Being a landlord, our business means that we do not always want to advertise our business. This makes sense considering that we can only help people when we have vacancies. Duh... As well, landlords seem to get more nuts than the Baltimore Nut Company. For this reason, other than the address, I would like to add and remove the phone number as needed on both the web site and with Google My Business.
Question: Is it possible to toggle the display of the phone number on and off in Google My Business as needed?
As a side note, landlords are constantly harangued by inquiries and sales pitches. We, as a group like to stay private as a result. Does having a listing with Google My Business mean more sales advertisements in our mail and on our phone? This is my real concern and why I want to toggle the phone number. I want to rank my site, advertise in a smarter way for a more quality tenant, and still keep relatively private.
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Google requires all businesses to have a telephone number for customers, without one it is not possible to have your site listed, even cash machines, video rental kiosks and express mail dropboxes require a number.
Eligible businesses
In order to qualify for a Google My Business listing, a business must
make in-person contact with customers during its stated hours.
Why? well no number is bad customer service
Not having a telephone number would be classed as poor customer service, even if you do not have vacancies it would be considered good customer service for your customers to be able to communicate with you, also a previous customer may have a complaint.
Block Nuisance Calls
You can't stop all phone spam but you can ward of most unsolicited calls by call-baring re-held numbers and newer phones often have technologies built in that will allow you to block received calls.
Answerphone
If your unable to provide a service and can not be bothered to inform customers again and again that you have no vacancies then setup a answer phone message that informs customers of this but also give them the option to leave a message should it be about something else.
Rankings
Adding a business to Google My Business allows that business to rank locally within local search results, it is always best to add a business to Google My Business. Often it is easier to rank locally than it is in the organics, because it works of a different Algorithm (NAP, Reviews, etc.)
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