Why you need a Google Places listing

Yet another great write up from Lisa at Outspoken Media from SMX and why you need to have your listing claimed and provided the right information.

Amplify’d from outspokenmedia.com

Importance of Local Search

Google Place pages are viewed millions of times a day, that’s nearly 20 percent of all searches on Google. When you look at mobile devices, that number gets even higher.  Eighty percent of consumers are searching online at least weekly.  55 percent of searchers in 2010 went online to make a purchase. Local search site share has grown 20 percentage points since 2007 for Moving and Storage categories. 64 percent of local business searchers expect the business results to be within 15 miles of their location.

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