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302 GOOGLE APPS HACKS

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New York with the skydome model

properly loaded and aligned

HaCK 123:

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You’re already showing up in web search results, but how do you

get yourself into Google Maps search results?

If you have a business—a restaurant, shop, or the like—and you’d like it to appear on Google Maps,

you can add it yourself. You rst need to go to the Google Local Business Center at http://google.

com/local/add/lookup. As pictured in Figure 11-28, you are required to provide information like your

address, phone number, and more. In a later step, you can select the category and subcategory of

your business, opening hours, accepted forms of payment, and also upload photos.

Once you’ve done this, your listing needs to be veried by Google. You can choose to receive your

code via phone (Google’s system will call you and ask for a PIN that was handed out to you), via an

SMS, or via a snail mail to the address you provided.

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Adding your business at the Google Maps

Local Business Center

You can also edit the

location of someone

else’s business if you

see that they’re not

displayed in the precise

correct spot (and if the

business is not veried

yet by the owner); refer

to http://maps.google.

com/support/bin/

answer.py?answer=

68474#modify for

more. Note you cannot

edit listings that are

already veried. Also, if

you move the marker

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