{"id":11,"date":"2013-11-12T11:02:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T11:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/blog\/?p=11"},"modified":"2024-02-29T05:10:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T05:10:43","slug":"what-may-prevent-you-from-taking-advantage-of-google-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/google-places\/what-may-prevent-you-from-taking-advantage-of-google-places\/","title":{"rendered":"What May Prevent You from Taking Advantage of Google Places"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/google-places\/\">Google Places<\/a> listing can take your business places. Pun intended. Having said that, the listing may not always work for you and if this happens, chances are that it\u2019s one of your mistakes that have cost you dearly. For instance, while creating the listing, if you let important details fall through the cracks, you are unlikely to benefit. That\u2019s because if the listing is meant for Google Places for business then it has to be complete and accurate at any cost. Only then you can expect to draw the potential customers. Likewise, choosing the wrong category may lead to an ineffective listing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A listing that can work wonders for your business calls for two important things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The right category<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Suitable keywords<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With these two missing, you may end up with a listing that turns up in Google Places listing for categories that your business doesn&#8217;t operate in. This can lead to enquiries that are not related to your business at all and end up wasting your time. Also, if you want to use Google Places to your advantage, you cannot just create a listing and forget that you have one. Simply put, if you don\u2019t maintain it or more importantly, it isn&#8217;t fresh and good enough to invite the potential customers, it may not serve the purpose it is supposed to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news is that while these things may prevent you from making the most of your listing, you can always approach a company that has its way with Google Places. A good company with a lot of Google Places experience can really help you achieve a high ROI from time and effort spent on Google Places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Google Places listing can take your business places. Pun intended. Having said that, the listing may not always work for you and if this happens, chances are that it&rsquo;s one of your mistakes that have cost you dearly. For instance, while creating the listing, if you let important details fall through the cracks, you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[254,110,253],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prevention from Taking Advantages of Google Places<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Google Places listing can take your business places. Having said that, the listing may not always work for you.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/google-places\/what-may-prevent-you-from-taking-advantage-of-google-places\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prevention from Taking Advantages of Google Places\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Google Places listing can take your business places. Having said that, the listing may not always work for you.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/google-places\/what-may-prevent-you-from-taking-advantage-of-google-places\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog - Web Circle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-11-12T11:02:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-29T05:10:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/What-May-Prevent-You-from-Taking-Advantage-of-Google-Places.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mr. Tanuj Rastogi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mr. Tanuj Rastogi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/google-places\/what-may-prevent-you-from-taking-advantage-of-google-places\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/google-places\/what-may-prevent-you-from-taking-advantage-of-google-places\/\",\"name\":\"Prevention from Taking Advantages of Google Places\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-12T11:02:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-29T05:10:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b4c7636d31a9e229812785911966dd57\"},\"description\":\"A Google Places listing can take your business places. Having said that, the listing may not always work for you.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/google-places\/what-may-prevent-you-from-taking-advantage-of-google-places\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/google-places\/what-may-prevent-you-from-taking-advantage-of-google-places\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/google-places\/what-may-prevent-you-from-taking-advantage-of-google-places\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What May Prevent You from Taking Advantage of Google Places\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Blog - Web Circle\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b4c7636d31a9e229812785911966dd57\",\"name\":\"Mr. Tanuj Rastogi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9fd812bc4bf39f3711dbe14c01d0e728?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9fd812bc4bf39f3711dbe14c01d0e728?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mr. Tanuj Rastogi\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Prevention from Taking Advantages of Google Places","description":"A Google Places listing can take your business places. Having said that, the listing may not always work for you.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/google-places\/what-may-prevent-you-from-taking-advantage-of-google-places\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Prevention from Taking Advantages of Google Places","og_description":"A Google Places listing can take your business places. Having said that, the listing may not always work for you.","og_url":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/google-places\/what-may-prevent-you-from-taking-advantage-of-google-places\/","og_site_name":"Blog - Web Circle","article_published_time":"2013-11-12T11:02:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-29T05:10:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/What-May-Prevent-You-from-Taking-Advantage-of-Google-Places.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Mr. Tanuj Rastogi","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mr. Tanuj Rastogi","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/google-places\/what-may-prevent-you-from-taking-advantage-of-google-places\/","url":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/google-places\/what-may-prevent-you-from-taking-advantage-of-google-places\/","name":"Prevention from Taking Advantages of Google Places","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-11-12T11:02:43+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-29T05:10:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b4c7636d31a9e229812785911966dd57"},"description":"A Google Places listing can take your business places. Having said that, the listing may not always work for you.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/google-places\/what-may-prevent-you-from-taking-advantage-of-google-places\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/google-places\/what-may-prevent-you-from-taking-advantage-of-google-places\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/google-places\/what-may-prevent-you-from-taking-advantage-of-google-places\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What May Prevent You from Taking Advantage of Google Places"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/","name":"Blog - Web Circle","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b4c7636d31a9e229812785911966dd57","name":"Mr. Tanuj Rastogi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9fd812bc4bf39f3711dbe14c01d0e728?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9fd812bc4bf39f3711dbe14c01d0e728?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mr. Tanuj Rastogi"},"url":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1892,"href":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions\/1892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}