Google Places

Google Places Helpful links to Learn More

December 30, 2011

http://places.google.com – the main landing spot to search for Google place pages http://google.com/support/places – get your Google places page questions answered here http://youtube.com/googleplaces – Find YouTube videos on how to use Google places http://google-latlong.blogspot.com – the official blog for Google maps and Google places http://maps.google.com/help/maps/businessphotos – how to get Google to take pictures of your [...]

What You Need Before You Set Up Your Google Place Page

December 30, 2011

First of all you will need to claim your Google Place page (See How To Claim Your Google Places Page). Gather this information and type it out in word before you begin to insure spelling and grammar are in place. Then know thy competition what does that carpet store down the street have on his [...]

Google Reviews

December 30, 2011

For years Google used the Yelp and Trip Advisor review engines and many people sent their clients to yelp and Trip Advisor to review them because it is a well-known fact that reviews boost SEO. After some troubles with snippets in 2011 Google places started using their own review engine and now Google users can [...]

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Google Places – Supported “Place Types”

December 30, 2011

When you are creating a Google Place Page you will be asked to choose from one of the categories below. The list is small when you think of the millions of different type businesses so if you are confused as to which bucket you should select I recommend you Google your competition and see what [...]

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Claim your land on Google Places

November 2, 2011

Google offers free Google places page that can boost your visibility attract more traffic and allow you to control your online search world. You are being given a free webpage that appears above all organic search results. Why wouldn’t you work a few hours to maximize this free publicity? First Claim your Google place – [...]

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