Free Listing in Google Local Business Center

It is said over 82% people search Google for local information. Google is now allowing Free Listing for your local business with ‘Google Local Business Center’

If you get listed it allows free insights on how people have discovered you business including what people are searching prior to seeing your business listing on Google Search and Google Maps.

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p style=”color: #666666;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif”>To get started here are the three simple steps:

1. Visit www.google.com/lbc.
   
2. Add your business details as you’d like them to appear.
3. Verify that you’re the business owner by receiving a phone call, or postcard by mail

What do you get?

Some information that you will get with the new Local Business Center Dashboard:

• Impressions: The number of times the business listing appeared as a result on a Google.com search or Google Maps search in a given period.

• Actions: The number of times people interacted with the listing; for example, the number of times they clicked through to the business’ website or requested driving directions to the business.

• Top search queries: Which queries led customers to the business listing; for example, are they finding the listing for a cafe by searching for “tea” or “coffee”?

• Zip codes where driving directions come from: Which zip codes customers are coming from when they request directions to your location.

Links: Google LBC | Google Blog on LBC