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Google Places is dead. Long live Google+ Local.
By unyielding fiat, Google’s iron fist cast Google Places to the ash heap and your new Local neighborhood may seem like totally unfamiliar territory. Here’s what you need to know to keep your head above water during Google’s lurching struggle for social relevance.
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Google Moves Local Businesses to Google Plus With Brute Force – Duct Tape Marketing
Google Places for Business are the simplest, most effective hold-over from the old days of local search engine optimization. They’re still simple, but, as with all things on the internet, there’s more to the game than filling in your profile.
You’ve still got some work to do. This Google Help Desk Hangout digs into some of the arcane and most commonly asked questions for some of the toughest nuts to crack. And you get it straight from the Google horse’s mouth.
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Help Desk Hangouts | Get found on Google with Places for business – Google Small Business Blog
Using the ‘Hide Address’ function in Google Places could make a big difference in where your Google Places page is showing up.
Seriously. Failure to get with this program could result in your listing being altogether dropped altogether from view. In short, it all comes down to whether or not you serve all or some or none of your customers at your present business address.
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Why You May Need To Hide Your Google Places Address ASAP – SEOmoz
Verified business listings, and you better have one on Google Places, used to always reflect only the information provided by the listing owner, even when Google received new information about an updated name, address, or hours of operation.
But now, users can update information themselves. If Google receives other information from somewhere else on the internet, listings may be automatically updated. You the business owner better be around to receive that email notification about what’s going on with your listing.
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Faster updates to local business listings – Google Small Business Blog
Local Search may very well start with Google Places. It’s simply the most important piece of internet real estate out there.
These 7 tips are designed to ensure that you not only get your spot claimed, but that you reap the full benefits of a truly optimized Google Places listing.
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Google keeps re-leveling the playing field and Google Places are still within the reach and grasp of the average local business owner. The opportunity for smaller, better business to slay their much better armed rivals have never been better.
Pity it’s all so confusing and complicated. Few people remember now that Facebook is not a terribly simple platform either. But check out what’s going on between Google + and Google Places. Here’s a very clear picture.
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Connecting Up The Spider Web Google Places and Google + | A SPN Exclusive Article – Search Pro News
Most consumers prefer to make a purchase within 5 miles of their home or business. So Local SEO is incredibly important to getting those customers to your doorstep.
What’s so incredibly important to Local SEO? Of course, it’s nothing short of the humble Google Places page. Getting your website heads and tails above others in the search engine rankings is critical to your success, and for that, you need to reconsider every element in your Google Places listing.
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Making the Most of Local SEO With A Google Places Page – Site Pro News
What are the major factors that determine the local search rankings? Your business physical address, postal code and phone number are still important, but what about manually verifying your Google Places page?
30 Google Places experts and local SEO specialists got together to express their opinions and to stir up some considerable controversy too. What does it mean for your local traffic?
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Maybe you’ve already been using Google Places, but Bing’s new business portal offers small businesses a different approach to local search.
The advantages are significant and the search traffic is too. Get to know Bing with a full run-down of what you should do.
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10 Reasons Why You Should Get Your Local Business Listed – Small Biz Technology
Google Places offers some of the best internet real estate out there for small and local businesses. Getting a handle on it is vital for any number of search and local search goals for you and your business.
Unfortunately, not every business qualifies. A June 2nd revision to the Google Places guidelines affects a number of local business models and in some pretty significant ways. Make sure you’re still in the clear.
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