Get on Google Local!

More and more people are now looking for products and services on Google.  In fact, many predict that YellowPages will be toast in four years.  The battle between YellowPages and Google is heating up and Google is now starting to come out as the winner.  It is really important for small businesses to know this.

There are lots of important things you can do to capture more traffic from Google searches.  We’ve given lots of <a href="http://websitesca.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/tips-for-search-engines/"Tips for Search Engines in the past, but in this article we’re going to talk about Google Local.

What is Google Local?

Google Local is basically maps.google.com.  When you go to maps.google.com you’ll see a map of the world and a search box.  So you can search for things like "plumber winnipeg".  Next, when you click Search, you’ll see a map of Winnipeg with lots of pins showing you plumbers in Winnipeg so you can find one by proximity.  Also, sometimes a little thumbnail of a map will show up on the regular Google search when visitors query something with a geographic keyword – like a city name.

A lot of small businesses get new clients via maps.google.com.  The important thing to note is that you can get on maps.google.com and it doesn’t cost you a thing!

Getting on Google Local

To get listed on Google Local, simply go to http://www.google.com/local/add and follow the steps to sign-up.  It is really worth it!

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