Google Place Landing Page

bigp1612 · 03-23-2011, 11:26 AM

I've read that it can be helpful to make a local landing page for your google places account. Yet when I look at the results coming out on top, they all direct to the home site. Anybody have any advice as to which is better?

Catalyst eMarketing · 03-24-2011, 11:52 AM

Like most things, the answer is, it depends.

Right now with the new merged algo the ranking order is mainly based on the organic SEO ranking. So for most companies that have been trying to get their site to the top of organic for a long time, their homepage is going to have the highest organic ranking.

If someone put lots of energy into a local landing page and could get it ranked ABOVE their homepage (organically) then it would be good to link to the landing page.

I've been wanting to try it with my Google Places Optimization clients because I'm thinking it may be easier to just create a new totally optimized landing page for them to upload instead of trying to tweak and fix their existing site. I also think (based on the current algo and subject to change) that having a geo/KW subdomain could help, but have not tried it. Example: atlantaplummer.stopleak.com

srtyker · 03-28-2011, 12:48 PM

You can rank on page 1 with any domain, it doesnt really matter. What it really boils down to eventually is the time and effort it will take to get ranked - and obviously citations make all the difference.

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03-23-2011, 11:26 AM	#1
bigp1612 Warrior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Google Place Landing Page I've read that it can be helpful to make a local landing page for your google places account. Yet when I look at the results coming out on top, they all direct to the home site. Anybody have any advice as to which is better?

03-24-2011, 11:52 AM	#2
Catalyst eMarketing GooglePlaces Optimization War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: SoCal Posts: 802 Thanks: 55 Thanked 192 Times in 110 Posts Social Networking	Re: Google Place Landing Page Like most things, the answer is, it depends. Right now with the new merged algo the ranking order is mainly based on the organic SEO ranking. So for most companies that have been trying to get their site to the top of organic for a long time, their homepage is going to have the highest organic ranking. If someone put lots of energy into a local landing page and could get it ranked ABOVE their homepage (organically) then it would be good to link to the landing page. I've been wanting to try it with my Google Places Optimization clients because I'm thinking it may be easier to just create a new totally optimized landing page for them to upload instead of trying to tweak and fix their existing site. I also think (based on the current algo and subject to change) that having a geo/KW subdomain could help, but have not tried it. Example: atlantaplummer.stopleak.com
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03-28-2011, 12:48 PM	#3
srtyker HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 143 Thanks: 21 Thanked 25 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Google Place Landing Page You can rank on page 1 with any domain, it doesnt really matter. What it really boils down to eventually is the time and effort it will take to get ranked - and obviously citations make all the difference. __________________________________________________ Google Local Citation Finder Software Outrank your competition by finding authoritative citation sites that the competition is using in your business category and country. Find Google Places citation sites for your target keywords in one go Free Google Places Pack Finder / 10 box finder Software - Free Download A quick way to check whether a group of keywords returns places results on the first page