Getting Reviews
4 August, 2010 - Local Search, SEO Ranking
Giving Google Places Reviews
The interweb is moving ever more towards a social environment; ideally a place where your opinion and insight is both valued and effective.
One of those places where it can have a big effect is in Google Places which are found in Google Maps. (I know its complicated but they’re engineers and they love complicated stuff…)
A small business that has more customer reviews will generally benefit by ranking higher in local search. Frankly if they are doing a good enough job for you to review them, I think they deserve a better, higher ranking.
Here’s a quick video on just how to do it:
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