Google Places

Google Places: A Global Business Directory

Google Places is a service that provides information about millions of businesses and points of interest around the world, along with customer reviews. It allows businesses to create a free listing that can appear on Google Search and Maps.

What is Google Places?

Google Places is a local search and discovery service created by Google. It contains information about over 200 million businesses and points of interest around the world, along with over 6 billion customer reviews and photos.

Google Places allows businesses to create a free listing that includes key information like the business name, address, phone number, website, and opening hours. This listing can appear in Google Search results and on Google Maps, allowing customers to easily find and connect with local businesses.

Key features of Google Places include:

• Ability for businesses to verify their listings to confirm they are official and accurate
• Options for adding photos, menus, services details, and other information to listings
• Insights into how customers discover and interact with listings, such as view and direction requests
• Integration with Google My Business for managing and optimizing listings directly
• Tools for encouraging customer reviews and managing responses to feedback
• Analytics showing how many people found listings via Search and Maps

Overall, Google Places makes it easier for customers to find information about local businesses, while giving those businesses an opportunity to better manage how they are represented across Google's most popular services.

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