Google Local Business Becomes Google Places - SEO Implications for Small Businesses

April 23, 2010 - PRLog -- Fremont, CA - The JM Internet Group, a leader in providing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) courses online, has announced their commentary and resource list on the new Google Places service.  On April 20, 2010, Google announced a major name change for Google Local Business to Google Places.  As a leader in SEO training, the JM Internet Group publishes timely commentary and lists of major resources on SEO opportunities.  Google Places is one such opportunity.

"Many of our students are small businesspeople who recognize the growing importance of services like Google Local (now named Google Places) and Yelp," commented Dr. McDonald, Senior SEO Director.  "That said, however, Google does an often confusing job of explaining how to set up these opportunities, what the features are and where to go for help."

The JM Internet Group has therefore catalogued and commented on available Small Business Resources for Google Places.  This free, online resource helps small businesses get listed and, once listed, understand the new SEO and business opportunities presented by Google Places.

Details are at -

http://www.jm-seo.org/blog/google-places.html

ADDITIONAL SEO TRAINING

Google Local is one aspect of successful SEO, whether it is called Google Local or Google Places.  The JM Internet Group has announced its May
SEO training schedule, as follows -

       * May 11: Top Ten: Top Ten Free Tools for SEO / Search Engine Optimization
       * May 18: Keywords: How to Generate Great Keywords for Great Google Rank
       * May 19: Page Tags - Quick Boost - Use Page Tags to Improve your Google Rank
       * May 20: Link Strategies: The Who, What, Where, When and How of Getting Good Links for SEO
       * May 21: News: News You Can Use - Using News as an SEO Opportunity -
       * May 24: Google Rank: Monitoring Your Google Rank, and Leveraging it for SEO and PPC
       * May 25: Website Structure: Creating the Best Topology for Google Rank
       * May 26: Metrics: Tools for Measuring Your Website SEO and Performance
       * May 27: AdWords: SEO for AdWords

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