Comments on: Five Proven Ways to Rank Higher in Google Local Business Listing

By: Ramit

Ramit — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:38:22 +0000

@Jen Send us details on your listing using the contact form and we’ll take a look at it for you.

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:06:21 +0000

This is great information, thanks for pointing out the important parts. I have tried all of these things and it helped my listing for a day but then by the end of the day Google reverted back to what was there previously and our picture doesn’t show up at all anymore. Do you have any idea how or why this would happen and why my listing won’t update my information?

Thank you

By: min

min — Sun, 23 May 2010 04:20:52 +0000

Nice Post. Great informaton. Will definately try it and see, how long it take to up in the google local listing.

By: Ramit

Ramit — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:22:54 +0000

@Melih : Its been a while since someone left such a great comment and i thank you for sharing your thoughts with me and all the readers.

I agree with you and that’s where I come in and can help people get their local listings done.

By: Melih Oztalay

Melih Oztalay — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:34:07 +0000

Hello Ramit,

I agree with you that Google’s Local Business Listing is a good marketing tool for the local business. Certainly the Internet has become a better marketing tool for the local business to reach the local consumer through web searches and mobiles searches.

What I am most concerned about are small and local businesses having to contend with multiple websites when it comes to their local listing. What I’m really talking about are “time resources”. If you think about the steps you have outlined for Google alone, most small business will not have the time to do this.

Afterall, there are over 60 websites in four different categories specifically geared towards local listings. How can a local or small business have the time resources to cover this space.

Even if you made a conscious decision to not manage all 60, there are well more than Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Ask. The space goes to Local.com (they went public), Yelp, Merchant Circle, and many others.

Consumers will be the ones deciding which of these local listing websites they will go and post their experience through consumer reviews. This adds to the burden that no one single local listing website will do the trick.

I have one argument about “getting listed” is not the real services needed. The local business still has to claim, update and maintain their local listing at multiple local listing websites.

“Getting listed” is an admirable starting point, but it will not address the long term need of the local business and their local marketing efforts.

It is a changing world and the local business will benefit. There will be some adjustment to this space needed.

Good information from your post and hopefully varying opinions help give perspective.