Google Places Question
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Hello All,
I have an Ecommerce website with a number of different depots which customers can pick products up from. I have created a Google Places listing for each of my depots.
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My website has a unique page for each of my Locations. Should I have a link from the individual website location pages to the corresponding Google Places Page ?.. Currently I only have a link from the Google Places page back to the website Location Page ?
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Should the images I have in my google Places listings contain the relevant Location name in the image file names ?
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Is there any useful pointers for SEO tuning for google places or articles anyone could recommend ?..
thanks
Sarah
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Hi Sarah,
Provided that these are physical locations that are staffed during normal business hours and not shared by another business, then, yes, it's typically a best practice to link from each Google+ Local page to its respective landing page on the website. I realize this isn't your question, but as it came up in this thread, I thought I'd address it first.
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Do you see a benefit for your customers in doing this? If so, go ahead. If not, what would be your goal in doing this?
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It can't hurt, but may not give you a visible boost in any way.
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Recommend you study the great new Moz Local Learning Center. Tons of good info there:
Hope this helps!
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Hello Khem,
These are actual fully operated business locations .
Yes our landing pages already show the NAP. My query was, do I also create a link to the corresponding google places from each location landing page and visa versa ?
thanks
Sarah
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Depots can't be considered as legit business location, these are just pick-up points. Multiple listings can be created for only fully operated business locations.
However, if you still want to create multiple listings:
You landing pages should have accurate physical address mentioned on them (No P.O. box) with different phone numbers for each location
You can associated your landing pages with different listing.
You may download the excel format for uploading bulk locations
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtAMaLBhiYxedHRucWhlVUxNZ0QwOUJJSDFwbDRkd2c#gid=0
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