Most people search for business information online, so it is important to optimize your local business information in Google places and Google maps to easily found by searchers. A great listing featuring a brief business description with some pictures, business hours and other necessary information with a link to your website helps to attract potential visitors to your website. Below are some quality guidelines for Google local business listing in Google places –
- Claim your local business listing yourself or by authorized representatives
- The name of business on Google local should match the exact business name in offline world
- Never include website URL or phone number as business name in Google places
- Do not try to dominate search results by adding irrelevant keywords or extraneous description of your business into the business name
- Create only one listing for each business location using either in a single account or multiple accounts
- Place your local business in proper categories
- Only create listing in Google places at locations where the business physically exist