Google Places ranking not making sense
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With regard to the proximity to the city centre if you google 'chartered accountants swansea' you will see that the 2nd google places listing 'drpaccountants' are located way out of the city centre and they have no photos, reviews etc
Where as on my listing it has a 100% completed profile but am way down the results, when many of the top places results are very basic
What else needs to be done apart from getting reviews? I have added lots of local citations to the likes of Yelp, Qype, Hotfrog etc but none are showing under the listing on google places?
Also is there a reason why the description field is not being populated in the google places account? As from some of the other top places listings it seems to be picking this up from their website?
The other issue is under the dashboard it displays 0 impressions and 0 actions is this normal?
What is my places listing missing or have I done everything I possibly can and just have to wait for Google to re-rank the places results?
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About 2 weeks ago - just not making sense as I have followed every guide on how to improve the local search ranking and nothing seems to be working, coupled with the fact that the listings that are appearing at the top are just basic listings some of which have not even been claimed!
For me ot seems that the main ranking factor when it comes to local search is the TITLE tag on your sites homepage coupled with the onpage text if this contains the keyword you are searching on then they appear first in the local listings - Reviews, Offers, Claimed listings, Photos etc mean very little in the Google ranking system for local
If I am wrong I would be interested to hear what I have missed on my local places listing to get it in the top 3 local search results for
Chartered Accountant Swansea
Accountants Swansea -
About 2 weeks ago - just not making sense as I have followed every guide on how to improve the local search ranking and nothing seems to be working, coupled with the fact that the listings that are appearing at the top are just basic listings some of which have not even been claimed!
For me ot seems that the main ranking factor when it comes to local search is the TITLE tag on your sites homepage coupled with the onpage text if this contains the keyword you are searching on then they appear first in the local listings - Reviews, Offers, Claimed listings, Photos etc mean very little in the Google ranking system for local
If I am wrong I would be interested to hear what I have missed on my local places listing to get it in the top 3 local search results for
Chartered Accountant Swansea
Accountants Swansea -
How long ago did you claim and post changes to your listing?
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