{"id":3174,"date":"2010-11-04T12:03:42","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T02:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/?p=3174"},"modified":"2011-01-22T10:52:56","modified_gmt":"2011-01-22T00:52:56","slug":"what-do-you-think-of-the-new-display-for-local-listings-in-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/?p=3174","title":{"rendered":"What do you think of the new display for local listings in Google?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The change is intended to make finding businesses easier.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Old Landscape<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/google-places-oldformat.jpg\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3199 alignright\" title=\"google-places-oldformat\" src=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/google-places-oldformat-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"Google Places old format\" width=\"221\" height=\"133\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AdWords\u00a0Sponsored Links\u00a0highlighted at the top\u00a0and\u00a0in the right side column.<\/li>\n<li>Local results\u00a0in a pack of 7\u00a0(\u00a0placement could differ).<\/li>\n<li>Local search results\u00a0distinct from organic results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">New Landscape<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/google-places-new.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3218 alignright\" title=\"google-places-new\" src=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/google-places-new-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"New Google LocalDisplay\" width=\"282\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a>The\u00a0map in top position in the right column, pushing down Adwords ads.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a07 pack is elimated and local reults integrate with organic results.<\/li>\n<li>Images and\u00a0Reviews included with local results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">I think the implications of this change are huge!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">From a user perspective:<\/span> Google is\u00a0providing a much better user experience. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">From a small business perspective:<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the<\/span> <\/span>changes will get rid of businesses\u00a0who tried\u00a0to spam the old Google Local\/Google Places listings with fake information and it&#8217;ll eliminate those no longer in business. More room for you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Expect<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> pay-to-place<\/span> at some stage, Google is already beta testing &#8211;\u00a0See <a href=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/?p=3055\" target=\"_blank\">Google Boost &#8211; pay for ads in Google Places.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One thing\u00a0is certain,\u00a0achieving a page one listing\u00a0in Google is\u00a0tougher!\u00a0AdWords (sponsored links\/Ads), SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Google Places has just become even more competitive and you will need to\u00a0maintain a strong presence in all aspects of the web to succeed online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you claimed your Google Place? <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/accounts\/ServiceLogin?service=lbc&amp;passive=1209600&amp;continue=http:\/\/www.google.com\/local\/add\/businessCenter&amp;followup=http:\/\/www.google.com\/local\/add\/businessCenter\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3259\" title=\"googleplaces2\" src=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/googleplaces2.jpg\" alt=\"Google Places\" width=\"259\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>Click on the Google places logo below and check if your business is listed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The change is intended to make finding businesses easier.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234],"tags":[421,420,422],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3174"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3174"}],"version-history":[{"count":84,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3257,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3174\/revisions\/3257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}