Quick Tip: Get on Google Maps

Oct 06 2007

Have a local business? Have a physical location where you want customers to find you? Or several? List them on Google Maps. It’s free and simple and will get you prominent placement on the results page when someone searches for businesses like yours in your area (pizza place + atlanta) for example. Your business will be listed under “Local business results” right at the top of the page.

Google Local Listings

Also, you don’t need a web site in order to be listed. It’s better if you do because your audience may expect it, but Google doesn’t require that you have one.

When you sign up, Google will send a postcard to each address you include with a confirmation code that allows them to validate that you actually do business at that address. Once you punch in your code, you’ll start appearing in listings.

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