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Chandramouly Rathinasababathy on 17 November, 2009, 11:17 am
How google maps can help your business, from idly shop to multiplexes. Nowadays every local business owner needs a web presence and its nice to have their business listed in google maps. So when anyone searches in google, it will show the map results and redirects to the link. Also these days, people do search directly in maps.google.com instead of google.
Google LocalBusinessCenter (google.com/lbc) helps you to enter your business information with all the details include website, contact phone numbers, email contacts, description and your category of the business which helps google to put your business to users.
Start creating your profile here, google.com/lbc. You can mention your contact details and most importantly define your relevant category which drives the search.
After filling the basic details, goto next page to fill in the hours of operation, payment options of your business (like Accept visa, mastercard). Then you will get options to upload images which may have your shop photos & also you can upload videos to youtube & link it here. You can confirm your listing by verification through phone or SMS or by postcard as well 
The main use of google maps for you as a business owner is, which will help you to track your customers, improve the business. You will get a good insight on your business like where do they come from and what they search for to find you.
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