How much money do you think you will make if your website that sells your products or services dominates Google Local (now called Google Places) and ranks repeatedly? That means a lot.
That’s the reason why many website owners are finding their way to get better rankings in Google Places. Local search is important to many businesses, either large or small doesn’t matter anymore. A small company can beat a bigger company in terms of sales if they are ranking well for the best keywords which proves that keywords are the driving force to every online marketing quest.
Google Places is now the best way to get a free chance of getting into the top of local search results.
How to get listed in Google Places.
- Go to http://www.google.com/places/
- Follow the instructions
- You’re done
That’s how easy it is. They have the instructions, follow it and you will surely be listed but not sure to get top rankings.
Google Places Ranking Tips.
If you want rankings, here’s what you should do….
- Include your keywords in your company name, company description and categories.
- Be sure to select ‘Yes, this business serves customers at your location’ – whether you do or not. I usually select longer mile radius as this will also give you opportunity to rank in nearby locations.
- Specify longer working hours.
- Get reviews. Having more reviews is better.
In Google places, you can use the same website again and again for your submissions if your business caters wider audience but you will need a phone number in every location where you will submit a listing. A certain number can only be used into two or three submissions.
One final tip – If you haven’t claimed a listing yet, you should claim it immediately specially if it exists.
Zaldy Dalisay
I have been providing seo consultations to small and large scale businesses since 2004.
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This is something new to me.. I might try it one of these days. Thanks for sharing Zaldy!
Nice article. I understand that to list a few business locations, you’re suggesting we go through the standard listing process just like we do for one location.
What do you recommend to avoid duplicate content issues for our businesses that have several locations? Or, is this a non-issue?
i also think that Google places is use full for local business, and it is best way to promote our website to get local business by use of appropriate keyword.
Well Yahoo Local and Bing Local would also be useful as this is. but the fact is many business get fake reviews done with some having upto 500 reviews of 5 stars, making it impossible for other sites to legitimately rank higher. The reviews are obvious spams with the first reviewer being adam, second beth and third carlos
A big clap.and big thanks to this tips..I wish I could apply this on my blog,,it relieves my neck Pain!
Well, if you are on top of the search engines, you can probably earn a lot of money. But consider also the products you are offering. Learn how to get the right products that can easily sell nowadays.
This is a lovely strategy and worth a try. Ultimately SEO ranking is something that takes time and the rewards are long lasting.
You produces very interesting way for Google places and i will definitely try this.