My Links For G+ Google Places Integration

[Sheryl Loch]

Ok, I just listed these links here so I could find them again easily when I need to.

For those of you who haven't seen the blow...Google Places Pages have now been Integrated into Google Plus.

A few of the new things are...
They changed reviews to be through Zaget. Reviews will also be posted to the persons G+ stream (it looks like that anyhow).

Reviewers may also be able to upload images and video to the G+ Places pages (I have gotten conflicting stories, so we'll have to see if it is real or was a bug).

The new "LOCAL" Icon on the G+ toolbar (left hand side) seems to be doing good at pulling up keywords for all the searches I tried.

Here re the links that first hit me this morning 5/30/2012

Manage a Google Places page? G+ Post

Local—now with a dash of Zagat and a sprinkle of Google+

Google+ Local: Decide with Zagat VIDEO

Moving Google Places content into Google+ Local

Google+ Local: Review your favorite places VIDEO

Google Places Is Over, Company Makes Google+ The Center Of Gravity For Local Search

New Google+ Local Tab Unveiled, Will Replace Google Places

Will Google+ Local Get Good Reviews?

How your Google+ Local Check-ins look G+ Post by Tom Rolfson

And this is NOT about the integration but...it just adds fuel to the fire!
Google Sending 51% Less Traffic To Facebook Pages Since “Search Plus Your World” Launch; Bing Drops, Too

[Sheryl Loch]

Google Plus and Google Places are getting even more tied together. Now you can Verify your Google Plus Business Page and tie it to your Google Plus Places Page.

If you have a Local Business, you will need a Google Places Page and a Google Plus Business Page and then you will request a post card be sent for verification. Yes, the post card will have a Pin that you will need to have for the verification.

Here is the official Google post Verifying a Local Google + Page.

There you go!

[Brad West]

Very cool now I can go and get some pages integrated for clients. Not that I needed another project at the moment but it's only right to get on this now.

Great catch Sheryl Thanks!

Abbott's Limousine ~ your post card is on it's way!
Spray Tan California ~ your post card verification is on it's way!