Google Places Resources

dotcomdesigns · Feb 3, 2012

I do but I'm no expert. I just think it's important for your future clients to be able to see a website behind the letters they get. However I've read some people are doing this without their own sites.

Markthedude said:
This is awesome! I'm working on a Google places but the website for the project is not fully setup, it's under construction for the next 2-3 weeks. Do you guys recommend that you have a fully setup website before working on Google Places?

vegas23 · Feb 3, 2012

sicnarf said:
Can someone please explain to me what a citation is? I've seen the word around the forum but I don't understand what it means. Thanks

It's basically a reference to your client's address somewhere on the internet, usually a directory site such as Yellow Pages, Yelp, Qype etc

It's not a link in the Anchor Text type way but it's confirmation that ABC Business is based at XYZ Street.

Markthedude · Feb 6, 2012

dotcomdesigns said:
I do but I'm no expert. I just think it's important for your future clients to be able to see a website behind the letters they get. However I've read some people are doing this without their own sites.

I agree and it would be ideal to have the website fully up and running but the people I'm dealing with are slow to get me the material needed for the site.

For those of you who don't SEO the websites do you think it effects your places rankings or do you feel the places isn't effected by the websites but more by the citations to the places page?

Dan Free · Feb 7, 2012

Thanks for the resource list. Here are a couple of links that I believe are worthy of adding.

http://getlisted.org/ - a good place to start on your citations - they also have A Nationwide Series of Search Engine Optimization Seminars Created Specifically for Small Business Owners ( I have attended one and it was worth the cost)

http://www.localvisibilitysystem.com/ - some pretty good free resources such as "The Definitive List of Local Search Citations (USA, UK, Canada) ? a good blog with the some of the latest happenings - also a free newsletter

John.Roberts63 · Feb 7, 2012

wow! Why did you get so few thanks!

TheCrazyMan · Feb 8, 2012

Thanks, this is my only toolbox for the GP SEO

MadaDaas · Feb 9, 2012

anyone here who knows a lot about google places and can help me out. please pm me

looking to hire a expert

Clemenza · Feb 9, 2012

swweeeet nice resource buddy thanks!

nixnash · Feb 9, 2012

Add this plugin for google places as well -

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-places/

macmikes · Feb 9, 2012

Great job on these resources! Some here I had not come across, so it's saved a bit of time waiting on testing.

Appreciated

Macmikes

dragon123 · Feb 9, 2012

nixnash said:
Add this plugin for google places as well -

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-places/

Thanks, does anyone know how this works / helps?

dotcomdesigns · Feb 9, 2012

dragon123 said:
Thanks, does anyone know how this works / helps?

It automatically creates 2 kml files. Read this post, it explains it far better than I can

HTML:

http://www.martijnbeijk.com/tutorial/using-kml-for-local-seo/

blackwp · Feb 9, 2012

Markthedude said:
I agree and it would be ideal to have the website fully up and running but the people I'm dealing with are slow to get me the material needed for the site.

For those of you who don't SEO the websites do you think it effects your places rankings or do you feel the places isn't effected by the websites but more by the citations to the places page?

I think it will effect the places page

kingkong · Feb 9, 2012

Thanks, This is great

dotcomdesigns · Feb 9, 2012

This makes quite interesting reading. It's an article about a survey that was carried out asking local businesses about their Google Places pages. What I find sad is the number of SEO companies claiming they are banging their heads against brick walls trying to impress upon their own clients the importance of local search and being met with indifference.

It makes me realize the battle we have out there to convince local business.

HTML:

http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/local-search-ranking-factors-not-actual-industry-practices/4827/

vegas23 · Feb 9, 2012

Hey dotcom

This is pretty indicative of local businesses generally when it comes to SEO in my experience.

Some want to be #1 but don't want to pay, some just don't understand the volume of people searching for their product/service on a monthly basis, especially now so many people have smartphones.

sanjeev2010 · Feb 11, 2012

And another link for tracking GP clicks

http://www.internetsalesmanager.org...ing-google-places-traffic-in-google-analytics

lincolnave · Feb 11, 2012

dotcomdesigns said:
Yeah I've spotted just 3 slots lately, why is that? I thought maybe it was because they don't have enough businesses to fill 7 slots or am I missing something?

It appears that it is site wide. I check for "NYC Lawyers" and only got a 3-pack, but did get other selections... Accident Lawyer, Divorce Attorney and it asked about locations... what area of the city I wanted.

It appears that the "select from 3" is the standard for now. It does have greater user experience, studies show we like to select from 3 items. Too many and brains get confused.

IMHO
HTH

dotcomdesigns · Feb 15, 2012

Just shared in the downloads section:

HTML:

http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/member-downloads/405868-get-maps-marketing-blueprint-197-course-offline.html

It's a big video course on how to get listed in Google Places. It's selling for $397! Looks like there's over 1 gig of video to download.

singlezero · Feb 15, 2012

Great thread. Many thanks.

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