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Firstly, Happy New Year everyone! If you have a child like me then your New Year will have been uneventful, other than my 2 1/2 son waking up at 4am to tell me he needs a poo!

Anyway...

I have a quick question that will probably be easily answered!

I'm looking to buy a domain name that incorporates a particular keyphrase, lets say - financial advisor Scotland - it's not this before people start to analyse that keyphrase.

The problem is that for my keyphrase the top listing in Google is 'Places for Financial Advisors in Scotland'. It then lists 7 or so addresses named A, B, C, D, E and so on with their geographical location on the map. It then lists the top ranking site after this.

My issue is as follows:

If I purchase a URL with the keyphrase and work to optimise that site with fresh content, backlinks and all the stuff needed to rank well within Google, will I be able to overtake Google Places?

I'm worried that Google will keep Google Places at the top regardless of what I do. Does anyone have any experience with this?

Thank you in advance!

Kind regards,

Roy.
#google #issue #places #seo
  • Profile picture of the author teamroyster
    Any ideas?
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  • Profile picture of the author orvn
    As of about a month and a half ago, Google places results are pushed to the top when the query starts or ends with specific geographic references.

    To search without places, simply wrap your keyword with quotation marks.

    In the case of your keyword, places will probably be on top for a long time. Interestingly, searching for "Places for Financial Advisors in Scotland" doesn't give me a places result, but lists this page as the #1 result! Lol!

    hint: you should toss a backlink in from this page

    Even if I go to google.co.uk and search your term, I do not get a places result.

    Backlinks are important to places also, as are ratings, reviews, pictures and a complete places profile.

    If you have a place that you can put on places to annote a geographic location for this business, do it. All the better if it's near an urban centre!

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  • Profile picture of the author teamroyster
    The keyphrase isn't actually 'financial advisors scotland' but it's similar. I didn't want to give it away so I picked 'financial advisors scotland'.

    I have another site which the keyphrase is 2 words, the second being Scotland, that doesn't have Google places at the top. So why does it push places for some keyphrases and not for others?
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    • Profile picture of the author orvn
      Originally Posted by teamroyster View Post

      So why does it push places for some keyphrases and not for others?
      The new Google blended search includes places results where it thinks they will be relevant. This usually occurs when you specify a georgaphic area. Say "Edinburgh Dentist"

      Sometimes, Google will decide that you're looking for local results even though there is no geographic indicator in your keyword. For example, the search term "car rental" will generally bring up a places map if you're logged into a google account.
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  • Profile picture of the author teamroyster
    Thanks very much.
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