What Are The Benefits of Obtaining a Google Maps Listing?

Whilst search engines are incredibly intuitive, they still need a (not so little) nudge in the right direction. All of the major engines constantly work towards improving their technology to ensure that they generate the best and most accurate results for each search. However, there is a limit to how search engines can operate and this is where Google Maps steps in to help guide the search engines to your website.

It is important to note though that the correct practices must be implemented because whilst the right SEO can net you countless visitors, the wrong moves work against your website ensuring that your site becomes buried deep in the search results where visibility is minimal.

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By placing an emphasis on the most beneficial areas of SEO, our local SEO marketing techniques can often take less time to produce effective results, therefore quickly helping to increase the levels of traffic to your website.

Footprint Digital’s expertise in all aspects of SEO offers the chance to receive a swift and effective ROI.

• Top of the Google’s Listings with Footprint Digital Local SEO – Footprint Digital and our team of SEO experts possess all of the skills needed to get your business to the top of Google’s natural listings and to appear on Google Maps & Places. These are vital if you want people locally to easily find your small business.
• Achieving Fast Results – Google’s PPC (Pay Per Click) platform, Adwords, offers the most effective method of quickly attracting business on the internet. We will get your PPC Marketing up and running for you and have customers finding your business and services in the shortest possible period of time.
• Social Media Interactions With Customers – Social Media for business is the fastest growing method of opening lines of communication between a small business and its customers. By allowing you to offer updates, receive feedback and get in on what your customers want – all a very low cost – social media platforms are quickly becoming one of the primary advertising methods for businesses throughout the UK.

The benefits of having your business listed on Google Local include:

• Google Maps listings typically appear at the top of the search results pages. Therefore they are very likely to be the first thing that people see.
• Accessing Google Maps listings on a mobile phone or smart device will offer customers an easy way to either call your business or get directions to your location.
• The easy access to the impartial ratings left by current and previous customers can go a long way towards giving new customers confidence in your products and services.
• Potential customers visiting your listing are very likely to be local to your business, therefore giving you a definite advantage over businesses based further afield.

Setting Up Your Google My Business Listing

To set up your Google My Business listing:

• Sign in to Google and go to https://www.google.com/business/
• Then locate or create a listing for your business. Sometimes other factors or inputs have led to an impromptu assumption listing about your business. Make sure you claim and correct it if that happened.
• Fill out all of the information to the best of your ability.
• Make sure to select the correct category and to add a contact.
• Verify your account. This can be done with Google via phone, email, or traditional mail.
• Add quality photos.
• Double-check all of your information.