Athens Seo

Athens Seo:

Google Places and how it can help your local Athens Business…  There is a resource out there that is incredibly powerful, and if your Athens local business isn’t benefiting from it, you are missing out on a HUGE opportunity.  I am talking about the Google Local Business Directory… or as they call it now… Google Places or Google Local.

 

Google’s local business directory is simply a directory that contains information on local businesses. What Google did was produce 40 million webpages for local businesses… When someone searches for “Athens restaurant”, a listing of relevant Athens restaurants in their area appears before them. Here’s the catch though, these results also appear when someone searches for “Athens restaurant” in the regular Google search engine as well! Now get this, if you do not claim your page on the Google places then you can't change anything… You cannot add videos… photos… HINT, HINT…

 

Watch this video at Athens SEO: Google Places

 

 

I help local businesses all the time with their reputation because inside these Google Place sites… it is attached to review pages… like Yelp… or Insider Pages… etc… and IF someone is not happy with your services… or you have a competitor who is trying to take you out… then what will they do?

 

Report and write a bad review… So, picture this:

 

You are a customer in Athens and you are looking for Athens SEO services.

You go online and find my website… But right below my site is reviews saying how awful or bad I am… etc…  Would you use my services? NOT on your life… and that is the same thing happening with your website.  SIDENOTE:  IF you have bad reviews, contact me immediately to help you with this issue… You could be losing dozens of customers just because you had a customer that you couldn't please…Ok.. back to our regular broadcast… : )

 

The Google local business directory allows you to list all kinds of neat information about your local business, including things like the hours you are open, pictures, special events you have coming up and more.  You can even LIST coupons that people can print and claim at your business.  Pretty cool huh? The listings are interactive as well, meaning that people can leave reviews for your business and everyone can view this. This can have a powerful effect on your business, as it shows others social proof that your business is a good one.

 

You would be surprised how many Athens local businesses out there haven’t claimed their Google local business directory listing. I would highly suggest that you take the time now to claim the listing for your business if you haven’t done so already.  It will only take a few minutes and you will be up and running in no time. What will happen is Google will mail a code to your mailbox which takes 2-3 weeks to get to you. 

So… another reason to get started today.Athens SEO… Here to help your local business…