Updates: Google Updates Local Business Place Pages

Google have released an update to their local business called ‘Place Pages’ which gives business owners the capability to post short updates to their pages. Google says these can be used to promote a new product, event or coupon.

Here is an example of what the new feature looks like on a business listing:

This feature is especially useful for restaurants that will get lots of traffic to their place page and could use this to promote daily specials to customers looking online.

Google have also introduced badges for place pages that have been claimed as well as verified by the owner of the business. This helps to show clientele that the business information is very accurate as it is been updated by the business owner directly.

Here is an example of the new badges:

Local search and business place pages seem to be a growing area of importance for Google, so make sure you have got a Google local business listing!