Google business listings – great way to get a top listing quickly

You may have noticed when searching in Google recently, that listings with Google maps are appearing more and more, they are Google’s business listings which are a great way to get yourself into Google quickly. I have been listing tourism businesses and within 24hours they are getting a page one listing, normally in the top 5 listings.

I hear you ask how do you do this, its actually very simple.  Go to www.google.com/maps, click the link “Put your business on Google Maps”.   Follow the steps. Its really simple.  To ensure you are a legit business they will need to give you a pin number to confirm your listing, this can be given 3 ways – phone, text or postcard.  I would recommend the phone option as its the quickest - just make sure that you are available straight away to answer the phone (this would be the number you added to your business listing) to take down the 5 digit pin number.  One tip would be to try include a keyword in the business name e.g. SitesToGo would become SitesToGo website design

Happy listing.