Cleaner44
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I have been testing the new Google+ Local pages since they were released a few weeks ago and I am seeing rankings improve in 1 hour after merger. Regardless of whatever bugs that may exist, the pros are outweighing the cons from what I can see. I see so many bugs with the Places only listings that merging to the + pages is a wash as far as I am concerned.
The results come from setting the Categories properly on the Google+ Local pages. The list of Categories is not the exact same and we can't create custom Categories, but the standard Categories and the expanded Description are giving me all that I need to move a listing up rather quickly.
The Google+ Local pages are not the end-all and be-all by themselves, but what I see is an unleashing of bottled up potential with listings. I highly recommend others test this too. Check the rankings for a couple of Categories for a listing and then re-check 1-2 hours after merging. I have done this multiple times with great results.
Has anyone else seen this?
The results come from setting the Categories properly on the Google+ Local pages. The list of Categories is not the exact same and we can't create custom Categories, but the standard Categories and the expanded Description are giving me all that I need to move a listing up rather quickly.
The Google+ Local pages are not the end-all and be-all by themselves, but what I see is an unleashing of bottled up potential with listings. I highly recommend others test this too. Check the rankings for a couple of Categories for a listing and then re-check 1-2 hours after merging. I have done this multiple times with great results.
Has anyone else seen this?