Hallo,
ich stoße in Maps immer wieder auf Geschäfte, die den Namen des Inhabers im Geschäftsnamen vermerkt haben. Ist das so gewollt oder kann ich diese Namen bearbeiten und den Namen des Inhabers entfernen? Gehört meiner Meinung nach nicht in den Namen.
Beispiel:
Schon mal danke für die Antworten.
Grüße
Rek
As I remember the guidelines for naming businesses it is OK. Let me find the reference for you.
Morten
Habe nichts dazu in den Richtlinien gelesen, deshalb. Nur dieser Abschnitt würde für mich passen:
Ansonsten finde ich unter dem Punkt Namen nichts passendes. Halte den Anhang inh. Daher für überflüssig. Aber vielleicht habe ich was überlesen.
Here are the basic naming rules:
Open
https://support.google.com/business/answer/3038177?hl=en
Open name
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But is does not mention if it is OK to add the owners name.
Let me check a few more places.
Cheers
Morten
Maybe I’m wrong. From a Maps users perspective it is not really helpful. I guess some owners like to see their name!
I asked a friend, but maybe @ErmesT would care to help us on this?
Cheers
Morten
“Your name should reflect your business’ real-world name, as used consistently on your storefront, website, stationery, and as known to customers” is what the rule says, @Philipp582 , @MortenCopenhagen
Does the name of the owner appears in the storefront, or in the website, etc.? Normally it doesn’t, so for me is perfectly fine to remove the name from the business name when it is used like “Pizza Hut by John Doe” while it is perfectly fine to have a “Chez John Doe” restaurant.
Adding the name of the owner in the listing is in my opinion a bad habits, frequently used by small business in my country too.
For a more appropriate feedback I am tagging here @Flash
Hello @Philipp582 ,
@ErmesT is correct, Google is seeking only the real world name. In addition to the opening statement of the guidelines he quoted, there is also:
Including unnecessary information in your business name is not permitted
The list that is provided is not everything that you can’t do, but rather contains examples of things not allowed due to the real-word name only rule (along with providing some rules for what you can’t do even if it is in your real world name, such as using all capitals).
The situation in Germany is actually quite peculiar when it comes to names of businesses. Whereas in most countries it is quite unusual to have the abbreviation for the type of company in the business name, this is very common in Germany (and in some cases ridiculously long), and you often really see those added also on the company website and storefront @MortenCopenhagen
The business owner name as part of the business name, as @Philipp582 mentioned, is indeed also something you see a lot on POIs in Germany, mainly because it is part of the legal name, and in some cases mandatory to have it mentioned. But I agree that it should not be part of the listing name on Maps, so there are a lot of possible edits waiting to be made there…
I already started removing personal names. I just search for “v/” which is Danish for “by”. The approval rate is close to 95%. Most of the listings are really old and inactive. Reverse lookup of phone numbers confirms the place is closed permanently or the place is private. Very very few of these listings are claimed, hence the high approval rate.
#LGCTM !
Cheers
Morten
@MortenCopenhagen a lot of these entries no doubt have landed on Maps by some import of a database that has the official names ( including all the legal stuff), so that would also explain that a bunch of those entries are no longer in business…
