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How To Claim Your Google Places Listing

 

Google Places is a free listing Google provides all businesses. Since Google is the number one search engine most people use, it’s prime online marketing real-estate. When consumers search for your type of business, your goal is to appear on the first page of Google’s search results. You may say “I have a great website, why do I need Google Places?” Having a well optimized Google Places page will help your business “get found” easily, much more so than with a website alone.  So, go ahead and claim your Google Places page!

Create a Google Account

You need to have a Google Account in order to claim your Place page. You can use this account for all sorts of free Google services too.

Find your business

The first thing you want to do is find your business.

1. Go to Google.com and type in your business name

2. Click … Continue Reading

Local Search Citations – Start Building

 

Citations are mentions of your business name and address on directory sites such as CitySearch, Yelp, Yellowpages.com, Localeze and many more. References to your business such as the Chamber of Commerce, your local Patch and other organizations you are listed on are also considered a citation. Citations are a major ranking factor with Google and other search engines. The more sites your business is listed on, the more credible your business is to Google. If you want your business to rank higher in the local search results, you need to build your citations. It is important that the information is correct and consistent everywhere you are listed.  Here’s how to get started.

Search for your business

You can do this manually or go to Bright Local who provides a great tool that does the work for you and offers a free trial. Type in your business information and within minutes … Continue Reading

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