Why does AI show the wrong hours or address for my business?
Engines repeat the listings and pages they can find, so wrong hours or addresses usually come from an out-of-date business profile or a directory that copied it. Google says to keep your address, hours, special hours and categories accurate and complete and to verify your business. Fix your profile first, then the other listings.
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What Google says about local information
Straight from Google Business Profile Help. Other engines have not published equivalent guidance.
Keep information accurate and complete
Google says to keep your address, hours including special hours, business category and attributes up to date, and that verifying your business makes it more likely to appear.
Tips to improve your local ranking on GoogleRelevance, distance and prominence
Google says local results depend on relevance, distance and prominence, and that complete information helps match your profile to what people search for.
Tips to improve your local ranking on GoogleNo way to pay for rank
Google says there is no way to request or pay for a better local ranking, and that reviews and links from other sites contribute to prominence.
Tips to improve your local ranking on GoogleFive steps to fix local details
Do it by hand with these steps, or hand the whole thing to Nova.
Write your real details
Record your correct name, address, phone, hours, special hours, categories and services.
Nova: builds this from your site and asks you to confirm.
Ask the engines
Ask for your address, hours and services in each engine, and note the sources.
Nova: asks across engines and saves the sources.
Compare listings
Check your Google profile and the main directories against the real details.
Nova: compares listings with your real details.
Fix the profile first
Update your Business Profile, verify it and keep special hours current. Then fix directories.
Nova: drafts the updates for approval.
Recheck
Re-ask the engines in a few weeks, and re-check after holidays or changes.
Nova: re-checks on a schedule.
Short on time? Nova, your AI brand visibility expert, runs this Maneuver on your brand and tracks the result.
Take it to NovaListings and mismatches
| Listing | Hours | Address | Matches? | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google profile | [HOURS] | [ADDRESS] | No | Update hours |
| [Directory A] | [OLD HOURS] | [ADDRESS] | No | Request correction |
| [Directory B] | [HOURS] | [OLD ADDRESS] | No | Update address |
Nova then re-checks your listings and the engines' answers, so you see when they agree.
Take this Maneuver into your own AI agent
Get local-listing-accuracy.md, a ready-to-use skill file with a details template, a listing comparison and a correction routine. Drop it into Claude, Cursor or any agent that reads SKILL.md files.
Skill file for Claude, Cursor and other agents
- A business details template
- A listing comparison table
- A correction request routine
Questions, answered.
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