Comments on: Local SEO 101: Step One, Claim Your Listing In Google Maps http://www.nodalbits.com/bits/claim-your-listing-google-maps/ Chris Silver Smith blogging on Search Engine Marketing, Local SEO, Technology & more. Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:09:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jim http://www.nodalbits.com/bits/claim-your-listing-google-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-4379 Jim Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:53:00 +0000 http://www.nodalbits.com/?p=83#comment-4379 Citations seem to take a long time to get picked up by google and reflected on your goodle places listing. Anyone else experienceing this? Citations seem to take a long time to get picked up by google and reflected on your goodle places listing. Anyone else experienceing this?

]]> By: New Local Opportunities: How To Rank Higher In Google Place Search http://www.nodalbits.com/bits/claim-your-listing-google-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-3282 New Local Opportunities: How To Rank Higher In Google Place Search Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:02:15 +0000 http://www.nodalbits.com/?p=83#comment-3282 [...] Similar to optimizing your citations in major online directories, you should do the same thing for your listing in Yahoo! Local, Bing Maps, and Google Places. Claiming your business in Google gives them higher confidence in the content and lets them know that the business is active. Enhancing your Places page with more info and content about you increases your opportunities to persuade potential customers to come to your store. Best of all, merely claiming your Google Places page may be a ranking factor. [...] [...] Similar to optimizing your citations in major online directories, you should do the same thing for your listing in Yahoo! Local, Bing Maps, and Google Places. Claiming your business in Google gives them higher confidence in the content and lets them know that the business is active. Enhancing your Places page with more info and content about you increases your opportunities to persuade potential customers to come to your store. Best of all, merely claiming your Google Places page may be a ranking factor. [...]

]]> By: Sea Change: Google’s New Place Search Introduces New Disruption » Nodal Bits http://www.nodalbits.com/bits/claim-your-listing-google-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-2697 Sea Change: Google’s New Place Search Introduces New Disruption » Nodal Bits Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:41:39 +0000 http://www.nodalbits.com/?p=83#comment-2697 [...] I’ve previously noted that claiming your business in Google Places is beneficial, I have found some instances of unclaimed business places in these new results pages [...] [...] I’ve previously noted that claiming your business in Google Places is beneficial, I have found some instances of unclaimed business places in these new results pages [...]

]]> By: Google Maps Adds Clickable Icons in Street View » Nodal Bits http://www.nodalbits.com/bits/claim-your-listing-google-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Google Maps Adds Clickable Icons in Street View » Nodal Bits Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:08:39 +0000 http://www.nodalbits.com/?p=83#comment-119 [...] for achieving landmark icon status would continue to apply. I think it can also be helpful to claim your business within Google Places (which was previously called “Google Local Business Center”), although this must not be [...] [...] for achieving landmark icon status would continue to apply. I think it can also be helpful to claim your business within Google Places (which was previously called “Google Local Business Center”), although this must not be [...]

]]> By: Silver http://www.nodalbits.com/bits/claim-your-listing-google-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Silver Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:42:30 +0000 http://www.nodalbits.com/?p=83#comment-28 Offhand I don't know of official PR that states this. However, they say it implicitly, since they state that having high confidence in a listing's veracity is important to them, and one prime means of verifying listing data for them is for owners to claim their listings. Their help pages <a href="http://maps.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=174101" rel="nofollow">state</a>: "Your listing's placement in search results will vary, but in the long run, having a correct, comprehensive, and up-to-date listing is the most effective way to ensure the best possible ranking." Other indicators include the fact that only claimed listings receive other special treatment such as the barcode decals, and claimed listings are more likely to achieve <a href="http://searchengineland.com/can-your-business-achieve-landmark-status-in-google-maps-31045" rel="nofollow">landmark icon status</a> (Google sometimes calls these "gray icons") as they <a href="http://maps.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=174115" rel="nofollow">state</a> in the LBC help pages. Offhand I don’t know of official PR that states this. However, they say it implicitly, since they state that having high confidence in a listing’s veracity is important to them, and one prime means of verifying listing data for them is for owners to claim their listings.

Their help pages state: “Your listing’s placement in search results will vary, but in the long run, having a correct, comprehensive, and up-to-date listing is the most effective way to ensure the best possible ranking.”

Other indicators include the fact that only claimed listings receive other special treatment such as the barcode decals, and claimed listings are more likely to achieve landmark icon status (Google sometimes calls these “gray icons”) as they state in the LBC help pages.

]]> By: Craig Baerwaldt http://www.nodalbits.com/bits/claim-your-listing-google-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Craig Baerwaldt Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:50:38 +0000 http://www.nodalbits.com/?p=83#comment-27 Chris, do you know of any official channel where Google has "actually publicly verified that this is a ranking factor" such as Google Maps blog, etc. or has it just been mentioned at SEO conferences, hallway conversations, etc with Google officials? Chris, do you know of any official channel where Google has “actually publicly verified that this is a ranking factor” such as Google Maps blog, etc. or has it just been mentioned at SEO conferences, hallway conversations, etc with Google officials?

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