In the last couple of years, Google Maps has become an indispensable tool for internet users searching for business information. It follows then that Google Maps should also become an indispensable tool for you, the business owner.

As a business owner, if you don't have your business listed on Google Maps already, then you're doing yourself a disservice. These days, Google Maps is inextricably linked with standard web searches as Google attempts to tailor its results to the local area of users.

Perhaps the best thing about signing up for Google Places is that it's entirely free. All that's required is that you have a valid mailing address so that Google has a location with which to place you on its map.

You can sign up your Google Places listing yourself or we can do it for you for a small additional service fee.

Source: Google Magazine - 2011