List Your Business in Google Places Listing Easily

Google Places Listing allows you to place information about your business giving it a way to show up on Google Maps. When someone searches for a particular business category using Google search, Google will then show up a list of businesses related to it. It will show a small map that contains names and website links of businesses near them. Being seen on Google Maps will give your business a better chance of getting notice and attract the attention of local potential customers.

It's not difficult to set up an account in Google Places Listing. Whether your business is a large or small one, whether you have a website or not, you can easily create your own free informational page about your business from Google.

Here are few easy steps to follow in submitting your business to Google Places Listing:

1. Create a Google Account

First and foremost, you must have your Google Account. If you don't have an account in Google or Gmail yet, you can easily create one by visiting the Gmail homepage and create one. You can also use your existing Google account but it's advisable and would be better if you use a separate account for your business. After you have set up your account in Gmail or Google, using your email and password, you may now proceed in signing in to Google Places Listing.

2. Submission of Your Business Information

Next, after you signing in into Google Places, you can now add your business on the listing by clicking on the "add new business" option. After that, you will be asked to enter your business' telephone number for Google to know whether your business is already listed or not. When you get a message of "no business found" you can now start adding information about your business like your business' address, phone number, a short description about it and its website if you have one. You can also select up to five categories that would best suit to your business. Be careful and wise in categorizing your business. Proper categories will help you in ranking better.

You can also add some more information in your account like the payment methods and your business hours. You can also put some pictures related to your business and videos as well. All of these will help match your business to more search terms which will greatly helps your business to be found easily by potential customers through Google. Just be reminded to be accurate in all information that you will provide. After completing the information, you may now click on the "submit" button.

3. Verification of your Listing

The next thing that you need to do after setting up your account and submitting your business information is to verify that you are the owner of the business. Verification process involves Google sending you a PIN number that you must enter on the screen to confirm it. You may complete the verification process by mail or by phone. Phone verification is usually faster than mail. Once you receive the PIN number you can now type it on the verification screen to confirm that you are the owner of the business and you are done.

With the huge number of people using the Internet these days and Google being the number one search engine that people use, being listed and rank good in Google Places Listing, you can enjoy the exposure and the chance to get more customers and better profit for free. Lots and lots of business owners are already taking advantage on it, so don't let your business to be left behind and submit your business to Google Places Listing now.



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