We’ve covered the major issues with moving a business within Google Maps a couple times – in short, it is a scary and upsetting thing to have to deal with – on top of all the other issues with Google Maps.

Google’s Jade Wang finally gave official advice on what to do when you do move your business. She wrote in a Google Business Help thread:

I actually took these steps for my business and it did create two listings. But I do not want to mark my old listing as “closed” because my old listing still is the number one result. I do not want my business to appear as if we closed down.

Forum discussion at Google Business Help.