Put up the bunting and hold a street party – Bing Places for Business is now available in the UK! Gone is the messing around with my118. Gone is the hard upsell when they phone to “confirm” your business details. And hopefully gone are the endless calls to update business listing details that never get […]
Google Maps Called Me: What To Say If Google Maps Call Your Business
If you keep up with the Google and Your Business Forum, rarely a day goes by when someone doesn’t post about a call from Google Maps and then their business disappearing from the listings. I had the unexpected pleasure of a call from Google Maps yesterday… Google Maps Called Me The call was from a […]
1 Million Websites Miss The SEO Basics (Or Why Your Business Can’t Be Found Online)
One million websites are missing the SEO basics… That staggering number comes from a blog post over at the Content Marketing Institute. 1 Million websites analysed, the majority of which are in the top 1% of the 141 million active websites on the Interwebs. What’s this got to do with your local business website? We’re […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Google Places Local Business Listings Recent Changes
Are Your Local Business Listings Up To Date? There’s no doubt that Google Places Local Business Listings are a fantastic way of raising your online visibility. Not only can it drive traffic to your website but also increase calls and foot traffic too. Google takes into account a whole range of factors when deciding where […]