There are many advantages to having a Google places URL and this can help you get more business very easily. If you are looking for a way to get more traffic to your Google places URL, then you have to understand how it work exactly. Here are some of the things you should really understand about using this part of Google.
Advantages of Having a Google Places URL
First, if you cannot send someone to your Google places page, then you will not be able to get them to review your page and business. Reviews will help you in many ways including getting you more business, helping customers to choose you, and helping your Google places page to rank much higher in the results.
Second, if you do any text message marketing, Facebook marketing, or Twitter marketing you will need to have a shorter URL. You can also do this in Google and the reason this is important is due to the character limit you will be dealing with. Text messages may give you up to 160 characters, but Twitter only gives you 140 characters to use. This is not much room to work with.
Third, by using the link for your Google places page you will be getting backlinks and link juice to this specific page. This can also help to boost your ranking and the higher you rank, the more traffic you will get. If you use the link on your Facebook page, Twitter account, and anywhere else you will get backlinks to help your page rank higher.
Fourth, by sending past customers and current customers to your Google places URL they can review your business. After 5 reviews you will get the gold stars to the right of your business name and URL on Google places. This will help you rank higher when someone searches for your type of business in your area.
Fifth, since you will be getting reviews on your Google places page you will get more than just ranking out of this. Having many past customers reviewing your business can be very beneficial. If they really like your business, then they can review what you do. This can help others to make the decision to use your services or buy your products.
Directions for Getting a Google Places URL Shortened
Start by going to maps.google.com and searching for your business name with the top search engine.
Next, find your link on the left hand side and right click on it. Copy the link and paste it into a new tab in your browser. Now you will see your Google places page up in your browser. You will want to delete everything in the URL from the & to the end. When you do this you can copy and paste what is remaining into another tab. This should bring up your page because this is your permanent Google places URL.
Since this specific URL is a bit long you will want to use the Google URL shortener to make it shorter. You can find this at https://goo.gl/. When you go here you can paste your permanent Google places URL into the URL shortener and click “shorten”. This is where the magic happens and you will get a very short URL you can use for your marketing needs.
This URL will not take up much of your character limit on Facebook, Twitter, or in your text message marketing. When you use this shorter URL the Google spider will find it and give you link juice through it to your Google places page. This means you will rank higher, get more traffic, and make more money all because you are using your Google places page properly.
Now you know what is necessary to make sure you get more link juice to your Google places URL. You also know how to shorten your permanent URL in order to use it for marketing on social sites and through text message. This is very powerful information that can really help you to drive more business to your Google places page and get the reviews you need to help convince new customers about your business.
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