Many local businesses, local carpet cleaners and plumbers, service customers in cities and towns outside of their main location. Google Places allows local businesses the ability to define their service area so your listing will appear in more than just your home town.
To do this you must first have a Google Account and log into your Google Places listing. If you scroll down your listing you will see a section called: Service Area and Location Settings. The default selection is
No. You need to select
Yes to be able to map out your service area.
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Now you will be given a choice of drawing a circle around your main business location with the radius being how many miles out you travel. This is a simplier way of mapping your service area but may not be as accurate depending on your situation.
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The alternative method is to manually add the cities/town names or zip codes that you service. This will probably be more accurate for many businesses. Just be sure you have them all handy when you start to map out your service area.
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When done you can scroll down to the bottom on the page and click the
Submit button.
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