Posts Tagged ‘google+ local’
Google Now Allows Brand Pages to Become Google+ Local Pages
Today, Google is releasing a feature worldwide that allows a business to transfer the “heart” of its local data (verification, reviews, Map pin, location) from a verified Local Page to an existing Brand Page. This allows a business to now “upgrade” their Brand page (or any non-local page) to a full local page where it…
Read MoreA Guide to Google Local Listing Page Identification
Google is in the midst of a massive migration of claimed business listings from the old Places Dashboard to the new Places for Business Dashboard. Simultaneously, they are apparently also in the midst of merging the new Places for Business Dashboard interface and functionality with the Google+ Page management interface … confusing on both a…
Read MoreWhere Should a New Business Create a Listing: Google+ Page or Google Places for Business Dashboard?
Andrew Forster of of Adster Creative recently asked this great question: If you’re starting out with a brand new business, should you ‘create’ a listing in places.google.com or start in the Google+ platform? In the end, it doesn’t really matter which path you choose as the data goes to the same place (the canonical Knowledge…
Read MoreWhat Kind of Google+ Page Is It? – A Visual Guide to Google+ Local Pages
When Google moved the business Place pages to Google Plus last year, they started to slowly transition their small business dashboards to the new environment as well. Hopefully, soon there will be one consolidated dashboard where a business will be able to give Google their basic business information, add photos, buy Adwords Express/Offers, add videos…
Read MoreHow Long Should Your Business Description Be in the Google Places for Business Dashboard?
We received this question via Twitter this week from @AlexMorask: Would you happen to know recommended length for business description in Google Places and Google+? And here’s a reply that’s a little longer than what Twitter allows per tweet: In the old Google Places dashboard the limit was a measly 200 characters. Hardly enough to…
Read MoreHow To Segment Local Search In Google Analytics (with Free Dashboard!)
A few weeks ago at Local University Advanced, I led a lab session session focused on local search analytics and how to better utilize advanced segmentation. We had great questions (as well as awesome suggestions) from an audience very eager to take a deep dive into local analytics. We could’ve easily taken another hour to go…
Read MoreShould I Hide My Address at Just Google Or Everywhere?
A reader recently sent in this question that’s relevant to service providers that work from home: I know that for local businesses that do not have an office Google requires that the address be hidden on Google+ Local. In light of this, what is the correct way to list the business info on a website…
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