Google Places becomes Google+ Local

Courtney Englehttp://courtneyengle.com

Google Places

Google+ Local

For existing Places Owners

• At this time, no multi-admin functionality

• Claiming and managing pages is still done at same place: http://places.google.com

• You can still manage bulk listings

• Places analytics still work

• Offers are still available in USA

• Ranking algorithms are always changing, but this was mostly a UI change.

• Links might change, ask customers to review by searching.

• Claimed disconnect being remedied

• Google+ Local pages will be indexed. Consider SEO

For new Google+ Local• Claim by going to http://www.google.com/places/

From search

non-food Food

Latitude

Google Places