{"id":3995,"date":"2014-08-21T00:09:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T04:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.instantestore.com\/blog\/?p=3995"},"modified":"2017-06-06T14:02:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T06:02:35","slug":"google-my-business-to-be-more-visible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instantestore.com\/blog\/google-my-business-to-be-more-visible\/","title":{"rendered":"Google My Business To Be More Visible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you own a small business or have a store location, getting your business listed on Google is easy. <a title=\"Google My Business\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google My Business<\/a> aims to be the one stop place integrating Google+, Google Places and all of Google&#8217;s suite of tools together. So if you already have a Google Places (previous article about it <a title=\"Google Places\" href=\"http:\/\/ecommerce.instantestore.com\/why-your-business-should-list-on-google-places\/\">here<\/a>) or G+ account, just login and click on My Business.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Fill up whatever details like business address, working hours, etc. You can then put up news or events, photos, videos, etc that&#8217;s related to your business. 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