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What are Google Places?

When a person enters a search for a local service or product, Google usually displays a map of the top 4-10 business that closest meet the search criteria. These listings are the output of Google Places. While Google Places is free to list your business, ranking the top 4-10 positions isn't easy. SEO Services Austin is a leader in ranking in Google Places and we can secure a top ranking for your business as we have done for many other clients.

We will create, optimize and verify a Google Places accounty for your business. We will use our expertise to try to rank your Google Places page in the top listings. We will target keyword phrases that are sure to bring you new leads and customers. The process normally takes between 2-6 weeks. .

Google Places is one of Google's main local search features. It seems that Google noticed the trend of local and yellow page type searches increasing and introduced measures to make these searches more useful and relevant. Not every small business has a website, but Google Places allows any brick and mortar business to "claim" their business and thus get a Google Place. This place is like a miniature website that allows the business to customize and list all the information a potential customer would need. Google Place SEO is essentially optimizing that place so that when a user does a Google map search for "Austin Dentist" the optimized Google Place appears first.

Google made local searching very easy and simple for users. If you type "dentist" into Google or Google maps the Google Maps results and the Google Place results are going to be only for dentists in your area. Google is using IP address to target searches to the user's area. This means that anyone searching Google now has only a local phone book rather than a national phone book. This makes Google Maps SEO and local search rankings essential for every local business. We make it possible for you to rank for "dentist" in your area driving targeted visitors to your business.

Google has an algorithm for how it ranks Google Place pages and it appears to be very similar to how Google ranks normal websites in the normal search results. However, Google does not inform webmasters how to do Google Maps SEO or Google Place SEO. So, any tips for higher rankings can only be based on experimentation and experience. There are ways to optimize Place pages that help with rankings. Backlinks still help in Google Place rankings. Linking to your Place page and linking to your business website will help your Place page achieve higher rankings as Google knows your site has more authority than one of your competitors. Including the city and the business type keyword (e.g. Smith and Smith Dentistry -Austin Dentist) in your description and business name may help your rankings. And lastly, include as much information as possible in your place page. Get as many reviews as possible, related maps, etc. to beef up your Place page.

Most Important Factors to Ranking in Google Places

1. Physical address in local city
2. Manually owner verified place page
3. Proper Category Associations
4. Volume of Internet Citations (reviews, local directories, data aggregators)
5. Crawable Address Matching Place Page Address
6. PageRank / Authority of Website Homepage / Highest Ranked Page
7. Quality of Inbound Links to Website
8. Crawlable Phone Number Matching Place Page Phone Number
9. Local Area Code on Place Page
10. City, State in Places Landing Page Title

Google SEO Package

Create, Optimize and Verify Google Places Profile
Create 5 local profiles each month including, Yelp, Citysearch, etc.
Create video for Client from images and royalty free music
Distribute the video to 5 search engines each month
Train and assist you in soliciting reviews
Post 2 reviews provided by client each month on local profiles (excluding Google Places)
Maintain top 5 ranking or Google places listing each month. If ranking is lost, you stops paying
Reputation Management - we will monitor review engines and notify you if there are negative reviews.
Customer support through email.
Free Bonus: SEO Services Austin will provide $100 FREE Adwords credit. We will create an Adwords campaign for you and you are guaranteed visits! There is no catch. Once the $100 is spent, nothing else is required.

Google Places SEO or Google Maps SEO is a necessity for every small business. A Google Place page is like a listing in a phone book that everyone sees. Over 85% of people use the Internet to search for a local service or product. More and more users are using the internet instead of a traditional phone book to find local businesses. Claiming and optimizing a Google Places page levels the playing field with your competition. If you aren't there, your competition is stealing your business.

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Google Places Marketing

Google Places is one of Google's new local search features. It seems that Google noticed the trend of local and yellow page type searches increasing and introduced measures to make these searches more useful and relevant. Not every small business has a website, but Google Places allows any brick and mortar business to "claim" their business and thus get a Google Place. This place is like a miniature website that allows the business to customize and list all the information a potential customer would need. Google Place SEO is essentially optimizing that place so that when a user does a Google map search for "Austin Dentist" the optimized Google Place appears first. Read More...