If you are primarily working from home, you may not want your business address to appear on public view in Google Places or Maps. To claim your Google Places page, you do need to include your business address – how else will Google know where you are based and send your verification postcard? You can […]
Google Places Listing Hijacked – Why You Need To Regularly Check Your Listing
A Google Places Listing is the easiest ways for a local business to appear at the top of search results. It’s a free service if you do it yourself, but it does need to be monitored. I talked about changes to Google Places in October. People with a Google account can make updates to your […]
Google Accounts Problem Solved – “This service is not available”
Google Accounts, “This service is not available” Solution Are you trying to set up your Google Places page and hitting the Google Accounts – this service is not available screen? You need to add services to your Google Account, the video explains how to do it. Transcript below. [trafficplayer_youtube_video width=”500″ height=”284″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/3LjfyOckSHA?modestbranding=1&autohide=1&controls=0&hd=0&rel=0″ ][/trafficplayer_youtube_video] Google Accounts […]
No New Year Resolutions For Me
Well that’s the last working day of 2011 over, and what a roller-coaster ride this year has been! A fantastic and exhilarating ride with a good dose of nerves and total fear thrown in… It’s the same when you start anything new isn’t it? That initial leap outside of your comfort zone is downright scary! […]
Google Local Listing Tips – What Are Citations?
Note that Google Places/+Local Pages now come under the umberella of Google My Business. Google My Business is a one stop way of creating your Google Plus Local Business Page, listing on Google Maps and access to small business Google tools. For simplicity, I’ll call it Google Local listings. I had a great Google Local […]
What Is The Best Way To Get To The Top Of Google?
It’s easy to get to the top of Google search rankings… Honest, it is. Anyone can do it. And many people do easily reach the heady heights of rank 1 on Google search…. … for terms NO ONE is looking for – including your business name! But, once you get to the top of Google, […]
Google Places Changes – User Editing Update
What Google Places Information Can People Actually Edit? Last week I posted about the recent Google Places changes. Google now automatically update your listings and allow users to edit listings too. I posted a screenshot of exactly what people can edit on your Google Places over on Facebook, but the image is quite large and […]