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How Long will it take for a New Google Places listing to get Ranked?

by strategic seo services
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Ok, I created and then verified a Google Places Listing for a welding business about two weeks ago. I've fully optimized the page with picture, videos, etc, and the welding company has some good citations listed on google.

Here is the link to the Places Page:

maps.google.
com
/maps/place?cid=16683449379434944402

Please copy and paste to see- I can't post links here yet, sorry.

I'm trying to rank for the keywords: Welder Troy NY and Welding Troy NY.

The problem is: my listing is still only a small dot on google maps. It doesn't have a balloon yet, and it is not ranking for those keywords.

I don't understand this because, if you look at the competition for Welder Troy NY, my page is a lot more optimized compared to the competitors' pages.

The only thing that my listing seems to be lacking are scraped citations.

Is there something I've done wrong? Why is my listing still just a dot? How long does it usually take for a new listing to start to rank? Please help.
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  • Profile picture of the author ProsperousViolet
    how about reviews? the way i understood it is, being first page on google is all about well verified Place, correct category, tons of citations and tons of reviews. in fact you don't even have to have your own site to rank on page 1 of Google, just the Google Place will do it. Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author Linda_C
    Originally Posted by ilovecpa View Post


    maps.google.
    com
    /maps/place?cid=16683449379434944402

    I'm trying to rank for the keywords: Welder Troy NY and Welding Troy NY.

    The problem is: my listing is still only a small dot on google maps. It doesn't have a balloon yet, and it is not ranking for those keywords.

    I don't understand this because, if you look at the competition for Welder Troy NY, my page is a lot more optimized compared to the competitors' pages.

    The only thing that my listing seems to be lacking are scraped citations.

    Is there something I've done wrong? Why is my listing still just a dot? How long does it usually take for a new listing to start to rank? Please help.
    Hi!

    You actually have 2 things to tweak a little...

    1) You would like to rank for Welder Troy, NY -- but the title of the maps page is "North End Iron Works" -- so your map title doesn't match what you want to rank for. If you Google "North End Iron Works Troy NY" your client comes up -- but of course no one will search for that.

    Your client won't come up because Google doesn't see "north end iron works" as a good match for a search for "welder Troy, NY" - robots just aren't that smart.

    What I'd suggest is Adding to your title so instead of "North End Iron Works" it would be "North End Iron Works Welding" or "North End Iron Works Welder" -- then at least Google can match you up to searches for welding/welder

    2) Reviews are good, but you also need citations. Citations are to local search what backlinks are to organic search. AND -- you need the citations to match info with the Google maps. Same name/title, same address, same phone, etc. I've seen citations that didn't help because the address was typed differently than in the map listing.

    You can check what the client has for citations at whitespark.ca/tools/local-citation-finder/ (I can't post links yet either lol)

    Also... a couple of little tips...

    -- your client only has one review that was pulled into Google. If he could get a few more reviews, that would help

    -- also, if you look at the companies that are coming up in maps and check their backlinks, you might find some directories that are counting towards their citations -- then you can submit your client's business listing to help with his citations.

    Fun, fun, hey? Good luck with it -- you're close, just a bit left to do.

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    • Profile picture of the author strategic seo services
      Thank you for your replies. I wanted to put the keyword in the title, but that is against Google Places' policy. You must only use the true business name as the title. You're not allowed to "keyword stuff" the title.

      What I don't understand is there are welding business showing up in the "7 pack" such as this one (at position 4) Freelot Steel when you type in Welding Troy, NY and then click on "More results near Troy, NY". The keyword is not in the title, and the page isn't optimized at all. However, my page, which is very optimized is still only showing as a dot.
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      • Profile picture of the author Catalyst eMarketing
        Originally Posted by ilovecpa View Post

        Thank you for your replies. I wanted to put the keyword in the title, but that is against Google Places' policy. You must only use the true business name as the title. You're not allowed to "keyword stuff" the title.
        You are exactly right and kudos for sticking to the rules!

        The advice above will get your client's listing rejected PLUS will hurt their rankings. Citations typically only add up if they are an EXACT match to the actual name, address and phone as the business. So you'd be shooting yourself in the foot by changing the name.

        The reason he's a dot and not ranking may be due to not having a well optimized site. The new merged algo mainly ranks based on onsite SEO factors which that InsiderPage is totally missing. I know there was course saying to use InsiderPages instead of a website. But with the new merged algo, a well optimized site trumps InsiderPages IMO.
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