Google plus for local business

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Google plus plays an important role for local business. Getting reviews from customers helps local businesses get noticed on Google and rank well. See how Google reviews are important for local businesses here.

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How do Google Reviews

for Local Businesses

appear on Google?

Search for “Chinese restaurants” in your area in the Google Search Box

Reviews and ratings will appear like this:

*Good rankings and Google reviews

for local businesses will help rank well

on Google

How can I get

customers to write

Google Reviews for

Local Businesses?

Create a verified Google Plus

Local Page for your business

Encourage all your customers

to write reviews for your

Google+ Local Business Page

and Google Places Account.

For example:

Liked our food? Please give us your feedback ‘HERE’. – Hyperlink ‘HERE’ to

your Google Plus Local or Google Places Page.

Steps to create a Google Plus Local Page for your business.

Steps to help your

customers write a

review for on your

Google Plus Local

Business Page and a

Google Places Account

Steps involved in

writing a review for

a Google Plus Local

Business Page and a

Google Places

Account

Read the original article HERE!

Step: 1

Sign in with your Google+

Account

Only members with personal

Google+ accounts can write reviews

Step 2a:

In case of Google Places Account - Go back to

Google Search once you have signed in.

After you have searched for ‘Chinese Restaurants’ on Google Search, select the restaurant you want to review and click on Write a review’

Let’s take ‘Chinese restaurants’ for example.

Step 2b:

In case of Google plus local

page – go to ‘Home’ in your

personal Google+ account

and click on ‘Local’, to review

a local business.

Step 3:

Here, you have to search

for the local business

you want to review.

Type the name of the business in the Search

Box

Step 4:

Click on the

‘pencil icon’ to

write a review for

Hard Rock Cafe.

Step 5:

Rate, review and publish!

The step is the same, whether you

want to review Google Places or a

Google plus local page

Read the original article HERE!