Comments on: The Powerful Potentials of Google Place Pages http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=641 SEO, Local Search Optimization and Website Design for small web business owners Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:39:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: The Pros and Cons of Google Place Pages http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=641&cpage=1#comment-170798 The Pros and Cons of Google Place Pages Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:42:59 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=641#comment-170798 [...] that Place Pages could become a powerhouse for local business owners and users, as well as the go-to pages for numerous facts about all kinds of places. Will they encourage more local businesses to claim [...] [...] that Place Pages could become a powerhouse for local business owners and users, as well as the go-to pages for numerous facts about all kinds of places. Will they encourage more local businesses to claim [...]

]]> By: How Google Should Improve Local Listing Ads… http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=641&cpage=1#comment-164044 How Google Should Improve Local Listing Ads… Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:22:17 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=641#comment-164044 [...] The inspiration for this article emanates from emails and phone calls I have received from a few local businesses.  They want to know how they can remove sponsored listing ads from their Google business listings (Google Place Pages). [...] [...] The inspiration for this article emanates from emails and phone calls I have received from a few local businesses.  They want to know how they can remove sponsored listing ads from their Google business listings (Google Place Pages). [...]

]]> By: Mihmorandum | Links of Local Interest, Volume 9A | Links of Local Interest http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=641&cpage=1#comment-157445 Mihmorandum | Links of Local Interest, Volume 9A | Links of Local Interest Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:58:21 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=641#comment-157445 [...] Other top Locals who’ve weighed in with interesting contributions on Places so far include Steve Hatcher, Dev Basu, and Miriam Ellis. [...] [...] Other top Locals who’ve weighed in with interesting contributions on Places so far include Steve Hatcher, Dev Basu, and Miriam Ellis. [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=641&cpage=1#comment-157362 admin Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:13:54 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=641#comment-157362 Hi Mike, The LBC dashboard reporting...I hadn't even thought of that yet! I've been so busy playing around with other elements. Thanks for mentioning it. I agree, this is very big news for all of us in Local and for all local businesses. I think it's really important now to pay attention to the sources from which Google is pulling some of the elements like photos as these are being given such prominence in the layout. I've seen some Google Place Pages over the last few days with very poor photos. Something to be aware of. Thanks for stopping by! Miriam Hi Mike,
The LBC dashboard reporting…I hadn’t even thought of that yet! I’ve been so busy playing around with other elements. Thanks for mentioning it.

I agree, this is very big news for all of us in Local and for all local businesses. I think it’s really important now to pay attention to the sources from which Google is pulling some of the elements like photos as these are being given such prominence in the layout. I’ve seen some Google Place Pages over the last few days with very poor photos. Something to be aware of.

Thanks for stopping by!
Miriam

]]> By: Google Place Pages SEO = Yellow Pages SOS & SOL? | Local SEO Guide http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=641&cpage=1#comment-157324 Google Place Pages SEO = Yellow Pages SOS & SOL? | Local SEO Guide Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:05:49 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=641#comment-157324 [...] Miriam Ellis: The Powerful Potential of Google Place Pages [...] [...] Miriam Ellis: The Powerful Potential of Google Place Pages [...]

]]> By: Mike Ramsey http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=641&cpage=1#comment-157321 Mike Ramsey Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=641#comment-157321 I think places will really bring in a lot more businesses to the LBC for google, and also give a solid place to drive adwords traffic to. A lot of these services through google will start to merge closer and closer. Places design allows for some major A/B testing and works very well as a landing page in my mind. It will be interesting to see how the LBC reporting changes so as to give businesses data on how people are using the places page. Exciting times for local for sure. I think places will really bring in a lot more businesses to the LBC for google, and also give a solid place to drive adwords traffic to. A lot of these services through google will start to merge closer and closer. Places design allows for some major A/B testing and works very well as a landing page in my mind.

It will be interesting to see how the LBC reporting changes so as to give businesses data on how people are using the places page. Exciting times for local for sure.

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