{"id":1435,"date":"2010-03-01T08:45:40","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T13:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=1435"},"modified":"2010-03-01T08:45:40","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T13:45:40","slug":"march-e-newsletter-is-posted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2010\/03\/01\/march-e-newsletter-is-posted\/","title":{"rendered":"March e-Newsletter is Posted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this month&#8217;s issue we have two great articles on Google Maps you will want to check out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mccordweb.com\/e-newsletters\/2010\/march-10.html#1\" target=\"_blank\">The Secret to Getting Google Maps Placement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am starting to see a few trends in Google Maps that can be leveraged for placement and wanted to share them with you. It is important to note that I am not seeing this specific trend appear across all market sectors for all of the searches that I have done, but have seen them in many cases. I consider the information noteworthy.<\/p>\n<p>First, it is important to note that not all businesses will really consider a great position in Google Maps valuable. However, if you sell services and products in a location specific area, Google Maps placement can be crucial to your business&#8217; success. Some types of businesses that will generally want or need excellent Google Maps placement are restaurants, dentists, pest control firms, lawyers, plumbers, roofers, and local brick and mortar stores. <a href=\"http:\/\/mccordweb.com\/e-newsletters\/2010\/march-10.html#1\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mccordweb.com\/e-newsletters\/2010\/march-10.html#2\" target=\"_blank\">Getting Service Reviews for Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If Google Maps placement is valuable to your business it is time to get busy soliciting customer reviews. 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The reviews must be on a third party website or on your Google Maps page itself. <a href=\"http:\/\/mccordweb.com\/e-newsletters\/2010\/march-10.html#2\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this month&#8217;s issue we have two great articles on Google Maps you will want to check out. The Secret to Getting Google Maps Placement I am starting to see a few trends in Google Maps that can be leveraged for placement and wanted to share them with you. It is important to note that I am not seeing this specific trend appear across all market sectors for all of the searches that I have done, but have seen them in many cases. I consider the information noteworthy. First, it is important to note that not all businesses will really consider a great position in Google Maps valuable. However, if you sell services and products in a location specific area, Google Maps placement can be crucial to your business&#8217; success. Some types of businesses that will generally want or need excellent Google Maps placement are restaurants, dentists, pest control firms, lawyers, plumbers, roofers, and local brick and mortar stores. Read more&#8230; Getting Service Reviews for Google Maps If Google Maps placement is valuable to your business it is time to get busy soliciting customer reviews. Google appears to be pulling reviews from these sites and several others: FlipKey.com (for real estate services), CitySearch.com (for restaurants and services), Maps.Google.com, Insiderpages.com (for restaurants and services), Judysbook.com, Tripadvisor.com, Superpages.com, Menuism.com (for restaurants), and others. Google used to show reviews from Yelp.com, but after their deal to buy Yelp.com fell through Google does not appear to be showing reviews from Yelp. In fact, Yelp didn&#8217;t come up in a single review I saw as I did my research. Reviews that you capture yourself by email or direct solicitation and post on your website are not considered by Google. The reviews must be on a third party website or on your Google Maps page itself. 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