Lesson 5. Claiming Your Google Places Page

In this lesson, you learn how to find your Google Places page, or start a new one if Google hasn’t done so. You then learn how to add or edit your business information, including contact information, location, service area, and hours of operation. Finally, you learn how to verify your Google Places listing to gain exclusive access to it.

Finding (or Not Finding) Your Page

The first step in working on your Google Places page is to find out whether you already have one created for you by Google. You can see a description of the contents of a Google Places page in Lesson 1, “Introducing Google Places,” and a description of how to edit basic information fields—without having to verify your ownership first—in ...

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