YouTube Videos in Google Local Business Listings and Maps
Enhance your Google Business Listings not only with encouraging customers to submit their reviews of your services, and uploading photos, but uploading videos too. Hey, that’s cool! I will definitely move along with that, as it means more efficient mobile phone marketing for local businesses too.
Here’s what it looks like when a searcher clicks through to your business profile (e.g. searching for “i dream of cake sf”:
The video is instantly playing (click to play), without having to go to youtube.com. It is scaled down a bit, but it’s still great for showcasing your products or services.
Here’s the video of ‘I dream of Cake’ San Francisco based wedding cake store where Shinmin Li is making breathtaking artistic cakes:
As Search Engine Watch writes
Here’s what you need to know in order to get your video embedded with Google Maps.
1. Upload the video to YouTube. Make sure the “embed” option is selected.
2. Then use Google’s Local Business Center to associate your video with your business listing.