Google’s business listings & it’s SEO value
When you make a search within Google you will note that more often than not the top results are related to ‘local business listing’ (including location maps). We are regularly asked by our customers how to get their businesses listed in these results and what additional value it will have in relation to their sites’ SEO – the method of listing your business is easy (you just need a Google account) and the value in terms of SEO is huge and best of all … it’s free to list!
- How does it all work?
- How do I claim my listing?
- How do I make the most of it’s features?
Google have recently combined its Local Business Centre and Place Pages into one entity, and in addition added some new features.
In order help you get listed properly and make the most of the service, Google have recently published an in depth webinar explaining all. If you looking for more information or are new to the Google Business Centre/Google Places we highly recommend that you watch this, it really is a must see:
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Anyone who knows us also knows we share our living/working space with 3 cats. So the phenomenon of Simon’s Cat through viral media channels is no surprise to us and is actually a delight that we can relate it, somewhat spuriously I agree, to our working life in that social media played a huge part if not the main reason for it’s success. 
Google’s recent ‘show options’ addition to the SERP’s have provided additional search filters and I would like to continue this series of posts by looking at video.