Google Places

Google Places is the New Yellow Pages

You are probably familiar with Google Maps (see image below). Google has recently made changes, including changing the name to Google Places, because it is placing much more emphasis on local searches. In fact, even before this change, 50% of consumers used Google Maps instead of the Yellow Pages book to find local businesses! The most important change is not the name, however, but how Google is beginning to pepper listings in Google Places throughout the first page of Google for that business type! THIS IS HUGE! The fact that Google Places businesses are showing up in the organic listings on page one (and usually at the top and middle of the page) has resulted in some organic listings that were formerly on page 1 being pushed to page 2!

The opportunity for small businesses to compete with companies who have been paying thousands of dollars for Search Engine Optimization is unheard of in internet history. The worst part is that so many businesses have not even claimed their listing. That’s right, you can claim your listing and update it with useful information. If competition is high in your market, however, there are techniques that can be used to get your listing towards the top of the listings. Lindsaywebmedia knows all the “secret” techniques and can update your listing for you.

In the example above, the 3 businesses circled in red are truly missing a fantastic opportunity to get new business. Why? Because they don’t have websites! You can tell because listings B and C have maps.google.com where a website url could be, such as in listing A. Listing D has a superpages.com url, which is a directory, not a company website. As the other businesses tweak their Google Places listings, B, C, and D are likely to slip down into obscurity unless the listings are claimed and optimized.

In addition to claiming and optimizing your Google Places listing for you, we can also create videos about your business that will greatly increase your chances of rising to the top. For San Marcos, TX businesses, live video is available. For businesses in other cities and states, we can do effective screencast type videos using your photos to show your business and take advantage of the use of video on your listing.

$150.00 per listing - includes optimizing listing with proper keywords and Google friendly information about your company, up to 10 photos that you provide, any videos you already have on YouTube, Coupons, specials, and your website link.

Don’t have any Videos? Call Tina at 830-522-6821 for a quote for your particular situation.

(830) 522-6821 • San Marcos, TX