Today I noticed a neat new feature in Google Places: extra-large pins for each business when you hover over that business in the “Maps” tab. You can see what I mean right now: 1. Type in a local-search term. Let’s say “pizza.” 2. Click on … [Continue reading] about New XL Google Places Pins under “Maps” Tab
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The 2011 Google Places Slangbook
Fine, so maybe it’s not yet a book of Google Places slang. But “book” just sounds better than “compendium.” Whatever you want to call it, I’ve written it for two purposes: Purpose 1: To show that we Google Places visibility specialists aren’t … [Continue reading] about The 2011 Google Places Slangbook
Google Places Descriptions Are Back, Baby
I know I sound like George Costanza when I say that, but I’m excited to announce the return of the Places “Descriptions” that went missing from everybody’s Places page a few weeks ago. Here are a few of my clients whose Descriptions are back in … [Continue reading] about Google Places Descriptions Are Back, Baby
How to Score Google Places Sitelinks
What’s are “Google Places sitelinks”? They’re these: Little links in the search result for your website--links that lead to several specific pages in your site. Sitelinks have appeared in Adwords ads and some organic search results for a long … [Continue reading] about How to Score Google Places Sitelinks
How to Divide up Your Time for Maximum Local Visibility in Google Places
The problem: you’re not visible in Google Places and are considering one of two things: rolling up your sleeves to try to get visible yourself, or paying someone else to help you do it. In the first case, I assume you’d like to know how much time … [Continue reading] about How to Divide up Your Time for Maximum Local Visibility in Google Places