Google Place Ranking Factors

[h=2]Top 3 Factors To Improve Ranking For Pages In Integrated Results[/h]

1. Places page category matches a broader category than that of the search (search for pizza Places category = restaurant). This only applies of course if there is a broader category. This applies for both primary and secondary Places page categories.
2. The search category appears in the business name (“Sonia’s Pizza” for a “Seattle pizza” search).
3. The search category appears in the “at a glance” section.

[h=2]Top 5 Factors To Improve Ranking For Pages Not In Integrated Results[/h]

1. Having 5 or more Google reviews is Good for any business.
2. Location term in “at a glance” section. (Seattle in “Seattle pizza”)
3. Category term in Google review content. (pizza in “Seattle pizza” is in the contents of the Google reviews)
4. Category term in business description.
5. Category term in “at a glance.

According to Aaron Bird, CEO and Night Janitor at Bizible:

“For the integrated results, we found that on average, implementing all of these factors showed an increase in rank by about 2 positions, which is fairly significant for a 3/5/7 pack. For the non-integrated results, we found that on average, implementing all of these factors showed an increase in rank by about 9 positions, which good as well, given that we only went 30 results deep.”​

I encourage you to review the initial report, Google Places Optimization – Local Ranking Factors (nice keyword targeting guys) at Bizible’s site. Over the next couple of weeks, they will be adding four more reports on different aspects of the results and Bird told me they may incorporate post-Venice data in a future study.
If you haven’t updated your Google Places Page categorization by now, what are you waiting for?

 

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What do you mean "Pay for SEO Services"

 

He means that SEO is the best way of ranking in google places

 

These are actually quite important factors because there's usually only so many local businesses that you have to compete against. Gaining one or two ranks, then, means that you're gaining that much more traffic, either online or offline.

 

thanks for sharing.

 

Thanks for the Share.
I feel 7 out of 10 hits on searches are Local listings so it makes it more and more crucial.
In coming times "Adwords Express" will have a major role to play

 

i think Google Place optimization is future of SEO.

 

Its really good information about local listing, because in upcoming days Google give more important for Local listing. Better to optimize with local listing for all major keywords.

 

Thanks for the info...

 

OH I heard citations are a good thing to have along with photos, and reviews. I heard Citations are like back-links for places

 

You are wrong..Social Media is the future of SEO. as All the searches have started showing the posts from these social media, which will play a very important role in deciding the ranking as well as the results in all the major search engines. Bing recently started displaying the searches from Twitter Feeds...
Read this article as well..http://searchengineland.com/the-soc...eo-strategies-to-start-using-right-now-113911