Posts Tagged ‘local listings’
Video: Last Week in Local April 10th, 2017
Last week in local 4/10 Join Local U for the latest public episode of Last Week in Local, a weekly conversation about the articles that attracted our attention during the past week ending April 10th, 2017. This year we will be publishing our Last Week in Local video directly to the Local U blog. It…
Read MoreGoogle Trusted Verifier Program: It was there and now it’s not
Early today at Linda’s forum and in the Local U forum it was reported that Google had rolled out a new Google Trusted Verifier Program that allowed folks in the field to verify a business instantly. However it now appears that the help files were released prematurely and they were all removed from Google. Or…
Read MoreYour Google My Business Profile Image – The Most Important Image?
There probably isn’t an image of your business that gets seen more by potential customers and searchers than your Google My Business profile image. There isn’t a single image that has more impact on searcher’s behaviors. And there isn’t an image in the online world that is harder to “get right.” The profile image is…
Read MoreUpdated (June 2017) Rules for Google My Business Listings
Google Local Business Listings Google local business listings can appear in 3 places in the search results for Google: in Google Maps, in the local pack and within the localized organic Google web results. Since Google owns the lion’s share of local search traffic AND organic search traffic, it’s very important that both your website…
Read MoreHow To Move Your Business (Without Destroying Your Local Search Visibility)
These days, anyone who’s going to move their business to another location needs to consider the best way to handle that move online and plan their steps carefully. You’ll want to get started with your online preparation a couple of months before you actually pack up your shop and re-open it at the new address.…
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 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 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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